The Alaska Telecom Association urged the FCC to move with care as it considers how to implement parts of the Alaska Connect Fund (ACF), approved by FCC commissioners in November (see 2411050002). Comments were due Monday on a Further NPRM on mobile and fixed wireless under the fund in docket 23-238.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 4, 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.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian officials Feb. 2 that President Donald Trump has made a preliminary determination that China’s influence and control over the Panama Canal area threatens the waterway and violates the 1977 agreement that transferred U.S. control of the canal to Panama, according to State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from South Korea (A-580-809) to revise its results so that they align with the Jan. 15 final decision in a court case that challenged rate calculations in those original final results. In that review, covering subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2019, through Oct. 31, 2020, Hyundai Steel Company was given a 1.97% AD rate, Husteel Co., Ltd. received a 4.07% AD rate, and 21 non-individually examined companies were given a review average rate of 3.21%.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain (A-469-814) (CBP case number A-470-814). Commerce determined that none of the three companies under review undersold subject merchandise during the period of review, June 2022 through May 2023. This is unchanged from the preliminary results of the review. As a result, Commerce will not assess AD on importers from these three countries for entries during that period. A new zero percent cash deposit rate takes effect Feb. 4 for the three companies, as follows:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 3, 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.
The U.S. District Court of Idaho on Monday denied data broker Kochava's motion to dismiss a case alleging that the broker's data sales are unfair acts or practices likely to cause substantial injury to consumers in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act. Kochava moved to dismiss on the basis that Section 5(a) requires tangible consumer injury and a violation of well-established legal policy, the order said. The court said the "FTC is authorized to seek injunctive relief if it has 'reason to believe' that a business is violating, or is about to violate, a law enforced by the FTC," denying Kochava's motion.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on thermal paper from South Korea (A-580-911). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers of subject merchandise entered between Nov. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2023.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian officials Feb. 2 that President Donald Trump has made a preliminary determination that China’s influence and control over the Panama Canal area threatens the waterway and violates the 1977 agreement that transferred U.S. control of the canal to Panama, according to State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 30 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):