The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on active anode material from China (A-570-194/C-570-195). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
CBP is expanding the number of supply chain entity party types that can input Global Business Identifiers in the ACE Cargo Release from the original six optional parties or filers to include two new parties: “Intermediary” and “Source,” according to a Federal Register notice seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget for CBP's planned changes in information collection.
Auto sector manufacturers and importers will have 425 days to cut Chinese software that enables automated driving systems or enables a vehicle to connect to the outside world at a frequency above 450 MHz from their supply chains, according to a final rule from the Bureau of Industry and Security set to be published Jan. 16.
Alejo Cabranes, former senior policy adviser with the Treasury Department, is joining DOJ as an attorney in its National Security Division, he announced on LinkedIn. Cabranes has worked at Treasury since 2023, where he helped implement sanctions and anti-money laundering policies.
The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
CBP should put in place an "informed compliance" policy for holds on previously filed in-bond shipments that prohibit their subsequent export, given the lack of automated notifications of those holds to the filer, according to comments that the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America submitted to CBP last week.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Jan. 3 dismissed a False Claims Act suit against Amazon, which alleged that the online retail giant conspired with Chinese manufacturers to avoid paying fees and tariffs on fur products. Judge Edgardo Ramos held that importer Henig Furs, the company that brought the suit on behalf of the U.S., failed to adequately allege that Amazon knowingly violated the FCA or was engaged in a conspiracy to violate the statute (United States, ex rel. Mike Henig v. Amazon.com, S.D.N.Y. # 19-05673).
American consumers should take President-elect Donald Trump seriously, but not literally, when it comes to his threats on tariff rates, said Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs.
Textile industry representatives questioned the logic of the Section 301 investigation on Nicaragua's human rights and labor rights violations, arguing that while they deplore the despotism of Nicaragua's leaders, none of the actions burden or restrict U.S. commerce. Rather, if the government were to decide that Nicaragua's violations merited the withdrawal of tariff benefits for its apparel exports, that action is what would burden U.S. commerce.
The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on erythritol from China (A-570-192/C-570-193). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.