The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews of fresh garlic from China for the period of November 1, 2006 through October 31, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of two antidumping duty new shipper reviews of certain preserved mushrooms from China for the period of February 1, 2008 through July 31, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances reviews of certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube and light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico.
On June 16, 2009, the Federal Maritime Commission filed a motion requesting the U.S. District Court in Washington DC withdraw its court case seeking to enjoin aspects of FMC Agreement No. 201170, the Los Angeles/Long Beach Port Infrastructure and Environmental Programs Cooperative Working Agreement.
In response to a question about the Buy American policy posed at a press conference in Canada, Secretary of State Clinton stated that the Buy American provision is not being enforced in any way that is inconsistent with U.S. international trade obligations. She acknowledged the concerns that there may be elements of the international trade obligations or absences of agreements that should be looked at so that the U.S. can promote more procurement and other kinds of trade interactions and assured Canadian officials that the U.S. will take a very close look at that. (Press briefing, dated 06/13/09, available at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/06/124717.htm.)
Heavy R&D investors nearly spent as much on research and development during a economic crisis as they did before, experts said in interviews. But officials urged focusing R&D spending on basic research and long-term projects.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice that it is postponing the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain oil country tubular goods from China.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from Japan for the period of June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008.