The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on paper plates from China (A-570-164), Thailand (A-549-849) and Vietnam (A-552-839). Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect Jan. 28.

New FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has pulled all items on circulation for a vote by commissioners. “There are no Items on Circulation,” said a single line on the agency’s list, which was dated Friday. Among the items pulled was an NPRM that was seen as a preliminary step to an AWS-3 auction. It was not expected to be controversial (see 2501060044).

Antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on erythritol from China will continue, after the International Trade Commission voted Jan. 24 that there is a “reasonable indication” that imports of the product are injuring U.S. industry, the ITC said in a news release. The Commerce Department will now consider whether to impose AD/CVD cash deposit requirements on erythritol in preliminary determinations, which are due March 10 for CVD and on or about May 22 for AD.

The Commerce Department soon will impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 24. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 127.35% to 478.09% for Chinese exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Commerce already has suspended liquidation and imposed countervailing duty cash deposit requirements in its ongoing CVD investigation of the vehicles (See 2411270054). AD cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations of the AD investigation in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.

The Commerce Department soon will impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of brake drums from China and Turkey, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 24. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 109.64% to 160.79% for Chinese exporters and 12.73% to 142.29% for Turkish exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Commerce already has suspended liquidation and imposed countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of brake drums from China and Turkey (see 2412030045). AD cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the AD investigation preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathon Skrmetti (R) on Thursday opposed NetChoice’s renewed motion for a preliminary injunction on a law about kids’ access to social media. The AG said that the state has already responded to a motion for a preliminary injunction.

An auction of AWS-3 licenses returned to the FCC by affiliates of Dish Network in 2023 is expected to start and possibly end this year, wireless industry experts said. In addition, the auction will offer unsold licenses from the initial Auction 97, the AWS-3 auction 10 years ago. The FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorized the auction, allows 18 months for it to be held. It would be the FCC’s first auction of spectrum for full-power licensed use since 2022, with part of the proceeds going to fully fund the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program.

The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 23. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 13.28% to 37.9% for Thai exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 22, 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 federal district court judge seemed skeptical of several tech industry arguments against California’s 2022 Age-Appropriate Design Code Act at oral argument Thursday. However, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Beth Freeman also asked if she should wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to possibly rule on age-verification mandates in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.