The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of two antidumping (AD) changed circumstances reviews of (1) certain softwood lumber products from Canada, and (2) brake rotors from China.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated preliminary textile and apparel import data for 2005, which now covers the 2005 period from February to May 7th.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil for the period of April 15, 2002 through September 30, 2003.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain helical spring lock washers from China for the period of October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a press release stating that it has made affirmative decisions of "threat of" market disruption in the safeguard cases on China categories 301, 340/640, 638/639 and 647/648. The 30-day comment period for these cases closed prior to December 30, 2004.

Intellectual property (IP) rights infringement litigation against China at international and multilateral levels could begin in as little as 6 months, depending on the outcome of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) talks with industry and trading partners, a House Judiciary panel heard Tues. That prediction came after lawmakers pressed Victoria Espinel, acting asst. USTR for IP, for a time frame in which the U.S. would consider pursuing World Trade Organization (WTO) action against the Chinese govt. WTO cases can take 2 years to initiate, she said.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations that purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland, Mexico, Netherlands, and Sweden is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation for subject merchandise from these countries is April 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative review as well as the following countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews and new shipper review:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico for the period of April 10, 2002 through September 30, 2003.

Qualcomm and NEC Corp., a mobile and broadband network solutions provider, said they successfully completed assisted-GPS (A-GPS) interoperability testing (IOT) in Japan on a commercial 3G WCDMA network. The companies tested protocol and network connectivity with basic A-GPS operations using a preliminary version of the Secure User Plane for Location (SUPL) interface. SUPL, a standards-based protocol allowing a mobile handset client to communicate with a location server, is being adopted by the Open Mobile Alliance and is expected to be supported by Qualcomm, NEC and other companies developing location technology, products and services. “The commercial availability of pre-SUPL allows operators to offer location-based services today that can later be updated to support SUPL, thereby providing the competitive advantage of early commercial availability,” said Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Vp-Product Management Mark Frankel.