The Commerce Department issued a notice in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from Cambodia (A-555-003/C-555-004), Malaysia (A-557-830/C-557/831), Thailand (A-549-851/C-549-852) and Vietnam (A-552-841/C-552-842). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand cover entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
The following lawsuit was recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
A Chinese exporter of passenger vehicle and light truck tires said in a May 14 complaint that the Commerce Department repeatedly made a mathematical error in an antidumping duty review by constructing input freight shipment cost without considering distance (Giti Tire Global Trading PTE. LTD. v. U.S., CIT # 24-00083).
All three 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges hearing oral argument Wednesday on Gray Television’s appeal of a $518,000 FCC forfeiture order seemed skeptical of the agency’s rationale for the penalty amount but split on Gray’s arguments against the FCC’s authority over deals for TV station network affiliation.
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
All three 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges hearing oral argument Wednesday on Gray Television’s appeal of a $518,000 FCC forfeiture order seemed skeptical of the agency’s rationale for the penalty amount but split on Gray’s arguments against the FCC’s authority over deals for TV station network affiliation.
The U.S. on May 13 moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging CBP's exclusion of two rubber tire entries, claiming that CIT has no jurisdiction because the entries were excluded at the behest of the Transportation Department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). As a result, the exclusions were not protestable decisions made by CBP, so the Court of International Trade had no subject matter jurisdiction under Section 1581(a) (Inspired Ventures v. United States, CIT # 24-00062).
German paper exporters Koehler Oberkirch and Koehler Paper on May 13 opposed the government's bid to serve the companies' U.S.-based counsel in a separate case, claiming that the rules don't "permit such service." The exporters said service instead should be effectuated through diplomatic channels, as contemplated by the rules, as this would "respect international comity and due process principles" (U.S. v. Koehler Oberkirch GmbH, CIT # 24-00014).
The U.S. told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the principle of stare decisis requires the appellate court to sustain the legality of the Commerce Department's non-market economy policy (Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co. v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 23-2245).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 6-12: