The Commerce Department issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on boltless steel shelving prepackaged for sale from China (A-570-018/C-570-019). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties on boltless steel shelving from China. Duties will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may only take place under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CV duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
Implementing the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act, or Smarter Act, (HR-2745) wouldn't have a significant effect on discretionary spending, affect direct spending or revenue or increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits, said a Congressional Budget Office cost estimate report published Friday. The Smarter Act would “harmonize the standard [the FTC and Justice Department] must meet before a federal court can issue a preliminary injunction against a proposed transaction,” and direct the FTC "to resolve certain contested mergers or acquisitions through a federal court rather than through administrative litigation,” CBO said. Changes to the FTC’s review of mergers and acquisitions “would not require a significant increase in staffing levels” and wouldn't dramatically change the volume of cases, CBO said. “Increased workloads resulting from the new requirement would have an insignificant effect on the FTC’s staffing levels and on the workload of the federal courts,” CBO said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Oct. 19, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative countervailing duty determination on supercalendered paper from Canada (C-122-823) (here). Suspension of liquidation remains in effect, with the following cash deposit rates in effect beginning Oct. 20:
Compromise negotiations on a proposed set of changes to ICANN’s accountability mechanisms are widely expected to dominate ICANN’s planned meeting in Dublin, with stakeholders telling us that other issues to be debated during the meeting have become secondary concerns amid a lack of consensus on accountability fixes linked to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition. The ICANN 54 meeting was set to officially begin Sunday, but preliminary meetings that began Friday included a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) session to continue internal discussions on its ICANN accountability proposal.
Compromise negotiations on a proposed set of changes to ICANN’s accountability mechanisms are widely expected to dominate ICANN’s planned meeting in Dublin, with stakeholders telling us that other issues to be debated during the meeting have become secondary concerns amid a lack of consensus on accountability fixes linked to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition. The ICANN 54 meeting was set to officially begin Sunday, but preliminary meetings that began Friday included a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) session to continue internal discussions on its ICANN accountability proposal.
Ericsson plans to purchase the operations of software developer Ericpol in Poland and Ukraine, Ericsson said in a news release Thursday. Ericsson has concluded a preliminary share purchase agreement with Ericpol, it said, and approximately 2,000 of the developer's employees will join Ericsson upon completion of the acquisition. Pending regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to finalize during Q1 2016, Ericsson said.
Ericsson plans to purchase the operations of software developer Ericpol in Poland and Ukraine, Ericsson said in a news release Thursday. Ericsson has concluded a preliminary share purchase agreement with Ericpol, it said, and approximately 2,000 of the developer's employees will join Ericsson upon completion of the acquisition. Pending regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to finalize during Q1 2016, Ericsson said.
Ericsson plans to purchase the operations of software developer Ericpol in Poland and Ukraine, Ericsson said in a news release Thursday. Ericsson has concluded a preliminary share purchase agreement with Ericpol, it said, and approximately 2,000 of the developer's employees will join Ericsson upon completion of the acquisition. Pending regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to finalize during Q1 2016, Ericsson said.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Oct. 15 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):