The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner responded Friday to the publication of extracts from a document prepared during its investigation into a privacy complaint against American Express.

Agreeing that the International Trade Commission isn’t required to determine that imports “surged” prior to the publication of antidumping or countervailing duty orders to find critical circumstances, a domestic pea protein producer supported Oct. 8 the ITC’s own explanation of the relevant standard (see 2509290056) (NURA USA v. United States, CIT Consol. # 24-00182).

The government shutdown that's affecting most FCC operations (see 2510010065) appeared set to continue into a 15th day after the Senate again failed Wednesday afternoon to reach the 60-vote threshold to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed on the Republicans’ House-passed continuing resolution (HR-5371), which would reopen the FCC and other federal agencies through Nov. 21. The upper chamber voted 51-44, its ninth unsuccessful attempt to advance the measure. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., would tee up another vote on HR-5371 for Thursday. He hasn’t agreed to further votes on Democrats’ CR counteroffer (S-2882), which would restore federal appropriations through Oct. 31 and bring back CPB’s rescinded $535 million funding for FY 2026. The Senate has repeatedly rejected that measure along party lines.

The International Trade Commission doesn't have to identify whether a surge of imports subject to antidumping duties has an adverse impact on the time period after which the final AD order is issued to make a critical circumstances finding, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held on Oct. 15. Judges Richard Taranto, Alan Lourie and Tiffany Cunningham said the relevant statutory provision, 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)(4)(A)(i) "does not demand a determination focused on the time after the antidumping duty order issues."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) demand for state data on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will likely cause irreparable harm if not blocked, and is contrary to the SNAP Act, a federal court ruled Wednesday as it granted more than 20 states a preliminary injunction.

The Council of the European Union on Oct. 13 agreed to eliminate customs duties on various agricultural products from Ukraine, including dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and meat preparations, the council said.

Two trade associations -- the National Fisheries Institute and the Restaurant Law Center -- and 10 seafood importers challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service's comparability findings of 240 fisheries across 46 nations (see 2509020014), which will lead to an import ban on all seafood products from these fisheries effective Jan. 1, 2026, at the Court of International Trade (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).

A possible Pennsylvania version of Daniel’s Law made it through a key committee on Wednesday, though it continued to lack Republican support. The House Judiciary Committee split by party to clear an amended HB-1822, which aims to protect the personal information of public servants, similar to a law in neighboring New Jersey.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Oct. 15 affirmed the validity of the International Trade Commission's affirmative critical circumstances determination on imports of raw honey from Vietnam, which imposed retroactive antidumping duties on the subject goods in the 90-day window prior to the AD investigation's preliminary determination. Judges Richard Taranto, Alan Lourie and Tiffany Cunningham rejected the claim from a group of honey importers that the ITC was required to find that a surge of imports made after the filing of the AD petition had an adverse impact after the final AD order was issued. Writing for the court, Taranto said the relevant statute, 19 U.S.C. Section 1673d(b)(4)(A)(i), "does not demand a determination focused on the time after the antidumping duty order issues."

Two trade associations -- the National Fisheries Institute and the Restaurant Law Center -- and 10 seafood importers challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service's comparability findings of 240 fisheries across 46 nations (see 2509020014), which will lead to an import ban on all seafood products from these fisheries effective Jan. 1, 2026, at the Court of International Trade (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).