The Commerce Department will consider a potential new exemption from antidumping and countervailing duties for certain small, low-wattage, off-grid solar cells attached to an aluminum extrusion, it said in a trio of notices initiating changed circumstances reviews.
A group of parents and other family members of those who overdosed on fentanyl are asking the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to double the 25% Section 301 tariffs on lists 1 and 2 under the existing Section 301 action, combined with no de minimis eligibility for all Chinese goods.
Officials from Squire Patton Boggs said that if Donald Trump returns to the presidency, a 10% tariff or higher on a vast swath of imports could come very quickly, but what wouldn't be subject to the tariffs is not yet clear.
The Commerce Department is set to begin administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with September anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to administrative reviews on products from China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Nov. 18 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on lightweight thermal paper from China (A-570-920). Commerce continued its preliminary finding in the final results, that all three exporters under review -- Guangdong Guanhao High-Tech, Guangdong Polygon New Materials, and Henan Jianghe Paper -- did not demonstrate independence from state control, assigning them a China-wide AD duty rate of 115.29%. Commerce will assess AD at this rate on subject merchandise exported by these three companies and entered between Nov. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2023. A 115.29% AD duty cash deposit rate takes effect Oct. 15 for subject merchandise exported by each of these three companies.
The Treasury Department is seeking public comments on an information collection involving the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Rough Diamonds Control Regulations, which outline restrictions on certain diamond imports. Under the regulations, Treasury said the person listed as the ultimate consignee on the entry summary or its electronic equivalent must report that person’s receipt of a shipment of rough diamonds “to the relevant foreign exporting authority within 15 calendar days of the date that the shipment arrived at the U.S. port of entry.” Comments on the information collection are due Dec. 16.
CBP's new Forced Labor Allegation Portal and Forced Labor Portal will consolidate the information collection of potential forced labor violations into one centralized location, "increasing efficiency and reducing the burden of collection to both CBP and the public," the agency said in a notice seeking comments as it prepares to submit the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain steel racks and parts thereof (steel racks) from China (A-570-088). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the three companies remaining of the original nine under review entered Sept. 1, 2022, through Aug. 31, 2023.
Former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Martha Bárcena said that she has been told that the U.S. will not comply with the panel ruling that said that rollup was understood to be part of the automotive rule of origin (see 2403070067), and she said that is undermining USMCA. She said that's because both the Republicans and the Democrats are fighting for the political support of the United Autoworkers and Teamsters. (The autoworkers' union characterizes rollup as watering down the requirement for North American content in vehicles).
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao urged U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo this week to lift U.S. semiconductor export restrictions against China (see 2211010042 and 2302020034) and reverse its proposed import restrictions on Chinese connected vehicles (see 2409220001), saying the two countries need to reach a clearer understanding around their national security-related trade policies.