The presidential campaigns of President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney have begun efforts to select candidates for their administrations’ top communications positions, whichever candidate wins Nov. 6. Such efforts include preliminary plans for who might replace any outgoing administration officials, if Obama is reelected, and if Romney becomes president, determine who would be nominated for high-level telecom positions in the new administration. We recently interviewed former and current Democratic and Republican government officials to understand who will likely help each candidate make the necessary agency appointments if his campaign wins next Tuesday. The campaigns declined to comment, as did those said to be directly involved in the early-on planning efforts.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) posted the following notices from Oct 27-29 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
The International Trade Administration initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on glycine from China (A-570-836) at the request of Hebei Donghua Jiheng Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
The International Trade Administration initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China (A-570-848) at the request of Deyan Aquatic Products and Food Co., Ltd. The ITA will determine if this company is eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the China-wide entity rate it currently receives.
European Parliament Vice President Alexander Alvaro (Liberal Party Group) welcomed a complaint filed by members of the Slovak Parliament against the European Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EG). The Slovak politicians want a check of the implementation of the directive from 2006 into national law, and asked their Constitutional Court to consider a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union about the validity of the directive. The Slovak complaint follows complaints in several EU members states, including Ireland, Germany and Romania. Germany still has not implemented the directive and is facing a complaint filed by the commission as a result. Ireland in July filed a complaint against the directive at a European court. Alvaro in a statement criticized EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem for not moving forward with the planned review of the Directive. Malmstroem has acknowledged problems with the directive regarding varying retention periods in the 27 member states and the scope of access to data collected by telecom and Internet providers. Alvaro said since Malmstroem was unable to present a clear time table for the review, the commission should ask the European Court of Justice itself if the directive is compatible with Europe’s charter of fundamental rights.
Chinese company GGB Bearing Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. was assigned an antidumping cash deposit rate of 12.64 percent in the final results of a new shipper review of tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished from China (A-570-601). This rate, which is effective Oct. 30, is expected to be implemented by CBP soon.
Itochu Building Products appealed a Court of International Trade ruling against its challenge of the effective date for partial revocation of the antidumping duty order on steel nails from China for four types of nails. In September, CIT said that although both domestic parties and Itochu requested an earlier effective date for the partial revocation, Itochu waived its right to challenge the later effective date selected by the International Trade Administration when it failed to comment on the later date following its announcement in the ITA’s preliminary results of the changed circumstances review. Through its lack of action, Itochu effectively communicated to the ITA that it no longer objected to the later effective date, CIT said.
European Parliament Vice President Alexander Alvaro (Liberal Party Group) welcomed a complaint filed by members of the Slovak Parliament against the European Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EG). The Slovak politicians want a check of the implementation of the directive from 2006 into national law, and asked their Constitutional Court to consider a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union about the validity of the directive. The Slovak complaint follows complaints in several EU countries, including Ireland, Germany and Romania. Germany still has not implemented the directive and is facing a complaint filed by the commission as a result. Ireland in July filed a complaint against the directive at a European court. Alvaro in a statement criticized EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem for not moving forward with the planned review of the Directive. Malmstroem has acknowledged problems with the directive regarding varying retention periods in the 27 member states and the scope of access to data collected by telecom and Internet providers. Alvaro said since Malmstroem was unable to present a clear time table for the review, the commission should ask the European Court of Justice itself if the directive is compatible with Europe’s charter of fundamental rights.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Oct. 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 Administration published notices in the Oct. 25 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):