The Commerce Department found no countervailable subsidies for exporters of frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand (C-549-828) in its final determination, and so will refund CV cash deposits and that were collected following the agency's June 4 preliminary determination. The preliminary determination had found CV rates of zero to 2.09 percent for exporters of subject merchandise. As a result of this negative final determination, Commerce is terminating this CV duty investigation.
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative countervailing duty determination on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador (C-331-803). The agency had found no countervailable subsidization in its preliminary determination. Suspension of liquidation for CV purposes and collection of CV cash deposits/bonds will begin Aug. 19.
The White House is in a “tough space” when it comes to finding a way to make cybersecurity standards effective without making them mandatory, said Andy Ozment, White House senior director of cybersecurity. The administration’s plan has been based on an understanding that “there is reasonable concern that a top-down approach to regulation will be harmful rather than helpful,” he said Thursday. Ozment outlined the White House’s existing priorities for cybersecurity and discussed the legislation the White House has pushed for, at a keynote address to network security professionals at a conference organized by an association called USENIX. He also emphasized to the audience that though the administration was doing all it could to prioritize cybersecurity, real progress could only come through their individual efforts.
The White House is in a “tough space” when it comes to finding a way to make cybersecurity standards effective without making them mandatory, said Andy Ozment, White House senior director of cybersecurity. The administration’s plan has been based on an understanding that “there is reasonable concern that a top-down approach to regulation will be harmful rather than helpful,” he said Thursday. Ozment outlined the White House’s existing priorities for cybersecurity and discussed the legislation the White House has pushed for, at a keynote address to network security professionals at a conference organized by an association called USENIX. He also emphasized to the audience that though the administration was doing all it could to prioritize cybersecurity, real progress could only come through their individual efforts.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland (A-405-803). The company under review is CP Kelco. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Brazil (A-351-841). The agency said the only company under review, Terphane Ltda. and its affiliate Terphane Inc., had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. If Commerce's no shipments finding for Terphane is continued in the final results, subject merchandise from that company will continue to enter at AD rates set in previous reviews. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rates for these companies.
The Port of New Orleans cautioned the Commerce Department against imposing antidumping and countervailing duties on oil country tubular goods from nine countries, highlighting the importance of imported steel to the U.S. economy in an Aug. 5 letter to the agency. The investigation on the steel pipes implicates both the Port’s “continued growth and success”, as well as jobs and the economy in general, said Gary LaGrange, president of the Port.
Huawei and Ericsson hold a collective 74 percent of all LTE network contract awards, said Informa Telecoms & Media on Tuesday in a report. Huawei holds 40 percent of all contracts, Ericsson 34 percent and Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) 17 percent, while Alcatel-Lucent, ZTE, Samsung and NEC hold 9 percent total of allocated contracts, Informa said. Huawei, Ericsson and NSN “have illustrated significant technological expertise and support to mobile operators,” said Dimitris Mavrakis, the report’s co-author, in a news release. “Preliminary research among operator CTOs, conducted by Informa, also suggests that Ericsson and Huawei are highly regarded when assessing vendors according to technology, pricing, support and managed-service capabilities.” LTE remains the fastest-growing mobile network technology, with Informa forecasting that there will be 1.36 billion LTE subscriptions by the end of 2018. Informa forecast a slightly higher subscription growth rate than it did a year ago, reflecting major LTE deployments by Verizon Wireless, SK Telecom, NTT DoCoMo, Everything Everywhere and Vodafone (http://bit.ly/122sFq9).
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Aug. 13 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 13 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):