"The vast majority of the American solar industry opposes" the SolarWorld campaign to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on imported Chinese solar cells, said Jigar Shah, president of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy in a press statement. The coalition said it's awaiting the International Trade Administration's decision on the tariffs.
Europe isn’t lagging behind in tackling challenges to mobile payments, the chairman of the European Payments Council’s m-channel working group said in an interview. The payment channel is still considered an emerging one across the world, as in Europe, Dag-Inge Flatraaker said. Each region “has a different starting point and specific target scenarios,” he said. Many European Commission suggestions for integrating Europe’s market for mobile, Internet and credit-card payments won’t achieve their desired goals, he said. The EC is digesting comments on its January “green” (discussion) paper on the issues and the results of a May 4 Brussels conference on card, Internet and mobile payments, and expects to publish its latest thoughts by the end of July, Jonathan Faull, director general of the Internal Market and Services Directorate, told the conference.
Europe isn’t lagging behind in tackling challenges to mobile payments, the chairman of the European Payments Council’s m-channel working group said in an interview. The payment channel is still considered an emerging one across the world, as in Europe, Dag-Inge Flatraaker said. Each region “has a different starting point and specific target scenarios,” he said. Many European Commission suggestions for integrating Europe’s market for mobile, Internet and credit-card payments won’t achieve their desired goals, he said. The EC is digesting comments on its January “green” (discussion) paper on the issues and the results of a May 4 Brussels conference on card, Internet and mobile payments, and expects to publish its latest thoughts by the end of July, Jonathan Faull, director general of the Internal Market and Services Directorate, told the conference.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the May 14, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
BRUSSELS -- Preliminary results of a European Commission study to boost efficiency of spectrum use to spur mobile broadband and other applications is focusing on bands used for satellite, terrestrial, aeronautical and defense applications, speakers told a European Commission workshop. The EC-funded study is a pilot program, or prototype, for the EU spectrum inventory, said Scott Marcus of WIK Consult. The inventory should identify candidate bands for improvement in use and assist in determining what might be done, the cost and expected benefits, said Marcus, who is project manager.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the April May 10, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-888) for one company, Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd. The ITA said that, as sole respondent, Foshan Shunde did not cooperate with its requests in this review, Foshan Shunde has preliminarily been assigned the China-wide Entity rate. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.
Effective May 10, 2012, the International Trade Administration is initiating an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether Indian company AR Printing and Packaging India Pvt. Ltd.'s tissue paper products are circumventing the antidumping duty order on certain tissue paper products from China (A-570-894).
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (over 4 1/2 inches) from Japan (A-588-850) for four respondents. The ITA determined that all four respondents did not have reviewable sales, so their AD cash deposit rates will not change.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results an antidumping duty new shipper review of certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801), which sets a zero AD cash deposit rate for the manufacturer/exporter Thuan An Production Trading & Services Co., Ltd (aka TAFISHCO). No AD cash deposit will be required for shipments of subject merchandise both produced and exported from Thuan An entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of May 10, 2012.