The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between the U.S. and European Union face obstacles but the divide over U.S. cost-benefit analysis priority and European preference for precautionary principles is a conflict of the past, said U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman during a Sept. 30 speech in Brussels. The partnership must tie the two economies closer through enhancing mutual commitment to rules-based trade, which will enable the two economies to strengthen rules globally in the areas of localization and the role of state-owned enterprises.
The Commerce Department initiated an antidumping duty new shipper review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-522-801) at the request of Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. for merchandise it produces and exports to the U.S. Commerce will determine if the company, which does business as Thanh Hung Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export Co., is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the non-market economy-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping duty investigations on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico and Turkey and a countervailing duty investigation on the merchandise from Turkey, according to a Sept. 25 fact sheet released by the agency. The Rebar Trade Action Coalition, which includes domestic manufacturers Byer Steel Corporation; Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.; Commercial Metals Company; Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc.; and Nucor Corporation, requested the investigation, alleging that producers in Mexico and Turkey are underselling rebar in the U.S., and producers in Turkey are also benefiting from illegal subsidization. (see 13090614).
The Commerce Department initiated an antidumping duty new shipper review on frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-522-802) at the request of Goldenquality Seafood Corp. for merchandise it produces and exports to the U.S. The agency will determine if Goldenquality is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the non-market economy-wide entity rate it currently receives.
Aereo will expand its streaming service to Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and San Antonio, the company said in a press release (http://bit.ly/18VZ3JF). Aereo already streams broadcast TV in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Dallas, the release said. The new cities join Aereo’s list of target cities for 2013 and 2014, which includes Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and others, Aereo said. CEO Chet Kanojia said the cities were added to the expansion list because of customer demand. “Consumers are tired of being pawns in the tug-of-war between big businesses,” said Kanojia. “They deserve better.” Customers who live in Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and San Antonio metropolitan areas -- or those in other targeted expansion cities -- can pre-register at Aereo.com to receive “priority access” to Aereo when it launches in their location. “Launch dates for these cities will be announced later this year,” said the release. The company is involved in ongoing copyright infringement lawsuits in federal courts in New York and Boston, where Hearst Broadcasting has asked for a preliminary injunction barring the service from streaming copyrighted content. No ruling on that injunction request has been made, according to court documents.
Aereo will expand its streaming service to Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Indianapolis and San Antonio, the company said in a news release (http://bit.ly/18VZ3JF). Aereo already streams broadcast TV in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Dallas, the release said. The new cities join Aereo’s list of target cities for 2013 and 2014, which includes Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia and Denver, Aereo said. CEO Chet Kanojia said the cities were added to the expansion list because of customer demand. “Consumers are tired of being pawns in the tug-of-war between big businesses,” said Kanojia. “They deserve better.” Customers who live in the Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and San Antonio metropolitan areas -- or those in other targeted expansion cities -- can pre-register at Aereo.com to receive “priority access” to Aereo when it launches in their location. “Launch dates for these cities will be announced later this year,” said the release. The company is involved in ongoing copyright infringement lawsuits in federal courts in New York and Boston, where Hearst Broadcasting has asked for a preliminary injunction barring the service from streaming copyrighted content. No ruling on that injunction request has been made, according to court documents.
The FCC is set up to take up at its Thursday open meeting proposed rules requiring wireless carriers to make public a list of towers that are taken out of service during emergencies, though the item could still be pulled from the agenda. The NPRM was first circulated this summer, with CTIA asking instead that the commission issue a notice of inquiry preliminary to proposing rules (CD Aug 1 p2). The NPRM from the Public Safety Bureau is separate from the commission’s pending follow-up order on superstorm Sandy-related 911 call center outages. Consumers Union originally requested that the FCC require carriers to publish tower outage data.
Release of a preliminary version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology-facilitated Cybersecurity Framework will “inevitably” be delayed if an overall government shutdown occurs, said White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel at a Billington cybersecurity conference Wednesday. A shutdown could occur Oct. 1 if Congress and President Barack Obama can’t agree on a continuing budget resolution. A shutdown would furlough all but essential federal employees, including NIST staff working to finalize the preliminary framework, Daniel said. Obama’s cybersecurity executive order requires NIST to release the preliminary framework for public comment by Oct. 10 (CD Feb 14 p1). Delay of the preliminary framework’s release would be one of the many “bad things” to result from a government shutdown, but “ultimately we'll get there and get it published,” Daniel said. The cybersecurity summit also touched repeatedly on fallout from the leaks of information on the National Security Agency’s controversial surveillance tactics.
Release of a preliminary version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology-facilitated Cybersecurity Framework will “inevitably” be delayed if an overall government shutdown occurs, said White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel at a Billington cybersecurity conference Wednesday. A shutdown could occur Oct. 1 if Congress and President Barack Obama can’t agree on a continuing budget resolution. A shutdown would furlough all but essential federal employees, including NIST staff working to finalize the preliminary framework, Daniel said. Obama’s cybersecurity executive order requires NIST to release the preliminary framework for public comment by Oct. 10 (WID Feb 14 p1). Delay of the preliminary framework’s release would be one of the many “bad things” to result from a government shutdown, but “ultimately we'll get there and get it published,” Daniel said. The cybersecurity summit also touched repeatedly on fallout from the leaks of information on the National Security Agency’s controversial surveillance tactics.
Aereo will expand its streaming service to Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and San Antonio, the company said in a press release (http://bit.ly/18VZ3JF). Aereo already streams broadcast TV in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Dallas, the release said. The new cities join Aereo’s list of target cities for 2013 and 2014, which includes Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and others, Aereo said. CEO Chet Kanojia said the cities were added to the expansion list because of customer demand. “Consumers are tired of being pawns in the tug-of-war between big businesses,” said Kanojia. “They deserve better.” Customers who live in Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and San Antonio metropolitan areas -- or those in other targeted expansion cities -- can pre-register at Aereo.com to receive “priority access” to Aereo when it launches in their location. “Launch dates for these cities will be announced later this year,” said the release. The company is involved in ongoing copyright infringement lawsuits in federal courts in New York and Boston, where Hearst Broadcasting has asked for a preliminary injunction barring the service from streaming copyrighted content. No ruling on that injunction request has been made, according to court documents.