The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review for carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished from China for the period of June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005.
Milwaukee sued AT&T, claiming it installed equipment for its U-verse IPTV service without a franchise. The city said it agreed to AT&T requests for zoning variances to build an antenna and install underground cable and related “cabinets” aboveground if the company got a franchise before selling video. AT&T told the city it planned to start selling U- verse on or after Dec. 16 without getting a franchise because IPTV isn’t a cable service, said the suit, filed Wed. in U.S. Dist. Court, Milwaukee. The city had been negotiating an “interim agreement” on U-verse with AT&T but planned to sue if the company sold video without some form of approval, said city attorney Grant Langley. Because of the talks, the city decided not to request a court injunction to keep AT&T from selling IPTV there, Langley told us: “We hope that we can reach an interim agreement with them,” but if not, “it may become necessary at some time for us to seek a preliminary injunction.” As part of selling IPTV in Milwaukee, AT&T is willing to pay a 5% tax on video revenue, “assist” public access channels and take other measures, said a spokesman. The company has agreements from 20 other cities to sell video, he said. - JM
The PS2 version of Madden NFL 07 from Electronic Arts moved up one to become the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Dec. 17. There was no new game in the top 10.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated and issued the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of wooden bedroom furniture from China.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release regarding the impact of recently enacted competitive need limitation (CNL) waiver amendments to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program contained in the "Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006."
FCC indecency enforcement seems vague, only partly weighs parental authority in deciding what’s best for kids and gives short shrift to a TV rating system, U.S. Appeals Court, N.Y., judges said during oral arguments in Fox v. FCC. An agency decision to cut CBS slack when The Early Show aired a game-show contestant’s utterance of “shit” on grounds that it was news indicates the news exception may be too broad, 2nd U.S. Appeals Court Judge Rosemary Pooler said. Pooler also focused on judgments of indecency based on “artistic merit.” Judges’ questioning Wed. of FCC lawyer Eric Miller and Fox’s Carter Philips was more pointed than at a preliminary hearing (CD Aug 30 p3).
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the 2007 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on blue-mold cheese provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note (AUSN) 17 will open on Tuesday, January 2, 20071. CBP notes that products described in HTS Chapter 4, AUSN 17 are subject to agriculture licensing. The below listed countries have the following low-duty access amounts:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has conducted an administrative review of the antidumping (AD) suspension agreement on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Ukraine for the period November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005.