The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Jan. 8:
BIS has completed a round of interagency review for a rule that would finalize its proposed import restrictions on connected vehicles from China (see 2412190021, 2409220001 and 2410290026). The agency sent the final rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Dec. 17 and completed the review Jan. 7.
Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., and Neal Dunn, R-Fla., introduced a bill to change the scope of packages eligible for de minimis. No bill text was available Jan. 10 from Suozzi's office, but former Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said before he retired that Suozzi would be taking over his push to curtail de minimis.
The country of origin for Corning Optical Communications’ fiber optic cables is France, and as such, the cables aren't subject to Section 301 measures even though part of the manufacturing process occurred in China, a CBP ruling released earlier this month said.
U.K. lawmakers at a hearing held Jan. 7 described a Shein lawyer's immediate refusal to answer questions about cotton sourcing in the company's supply chains as "bordering on contempt."
On Jan. 8, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
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.
The Court of International Trade on Jan. 8 denied the government's bid for default judgment against importer Rayson Global and its owner and CEO Doris Cheng in a customs penalty case, with Judge Timothy Stanceu taking issue with the U.S. claim for a monetary penalty totaling nearly $3.4 million.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 8, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
A policy analyst with Washington think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation argues that CBP should conduct randomized audits using forensic testing technology to ensure that goods imported from Chinese e-commerce platforms, such as Temu, are abiding by federal regulations aimed at preventing the use of forced labor from the Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.