The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping duty new shipper review on preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851) at the request of Linyi Yuqiao International Trade Co., Ltd., for merchandise produced by Linyi City Kangfa Foodstuff Drinkable Co., Ltd. and exported by Yuqiao (here). Commerce will determine if Yuqiao is independent from state control, and therefore eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the 308.33% China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The Commerce Department intends to exempt certain bed bases from antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). The initiation notice issued by the agency in May (see 1505290012) did not elicit any comments from domestic manufacturers in opposition to partial revocation, and a coalition of manufacturers has indicated its support, said Commerce. If Commerce adopts the exemption in the final results of this changed circumstances review, it will add the following to the scope of the wooden bedroom furniture order:
The Commerce Department will require cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate resin from Canada, China, India and Oman, it said in an Aug. 10 fact sheet announcing its preliminary CV duty determinations (here). Commerce set AD duty cash deposit rates at 13.29 percent for Canada, 123.29 percent to 145.14 percent for China, and 6.62 percent for Oman, beginning on the date Commerce publishes its affirmative preliminary determination in the Federal register. For India, AD duty cash deposit requirements of up to 14.28 percent will be retroactive 90 days before the publication date of Commerce's preliminary determination, because of the agency's finding of critical circumstances. ITT will provide more details on Commerce's preliminary AD duty determinations once they are published in the Federal Register.
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez was supported in her critique of the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (Smarter) Act by Democratic subcommittee members during a hearing Wednesday. Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lee, R-Utah, said S-2102 contains a series of important reforms and addresses the disparities between the antitrust authority granted to the FTC and Justice Department so the public and businesses can be assured the two agencies won't use that authority to review transactions differently. Wednesday's hearing comes a week after the House Judiciary Committee sent the House version of the bill (HR-2745) to the House floor despite protests from Democrats and Ramirez (see 1509300052).
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez was supported in her critique of the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (Smarter) Act by Democratic subcommittee members during a hearing Wednesday. Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lee, R-Utah, said S-2102 contains a series of important reforms and addresses the disparities between the antitrust authority granted to the FTC and Justice Department so the public and businesses can be assured the two agencies won't use that authority to review transactions differently. Wednesday's hearing comes a week after the House Judiciary Committee sent the House version of the bill (HR-2745) to the House floor despite protests from Democrats and Ramirez (see 1509300052).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Oct. 7 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):
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 7 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on lined paper products from India (A-533-843) (here). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from six exporters that was entered September 2013 through August 2014.
ICANN extended to Oct. 30 the public comment period on its preliminary report on future new generic top level domain (gTLD) procedures. The report, prepared in response to questions raised by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council, urged GNSO to proceed with policy development for subsequent rounds of new gTLD rollouts. Policy developments may include reevaluating the $185,000 fee for applying to be a registry for a new gTLD and ICANN’s outreach on gTLDs, ICANN said. ICANN said it believes extending the deadline on the GNSO report would give the community more time to consider the report and will mean the deadline no longer occurs before the start of ICANN’s planned Oct. 18-22 meeting in Dublin. Setting the comment deadline after the end of the Dublin meeting means “discussions about the report can occur during the meeting while the public comment period remains open,” ICANN said.
ICANN extended to Oct. 30 the public comment period on its preliminary report on future new generic top level domain (gTLD) procedures. The report, prepared in response to questions raised by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council, urged GNSO to proceed with policy development for subsequent rounds of new gTLD rollouts. Policy developments may include reevaluating the $185,000 fee for applying to be a registry for a new gTLD and ICANN’s outreach on gTLDs, ICANN said. ICANN said it believes extending the deadline on the GNSO report would give the community more time to consider the report and will mean the deadline no longer occurs before the start of ICANN’s planned Oct. 18-22 meeting in Dublin. Setting the comment deadline after the end of the Dublin meeting means “discussions about the report can occur during the meeting while the public comment period remains open,” ICANN said.