On September 30, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a markup of S. 3804, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, a bill to address the problem of online piracy and counterfeiting.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses (certain coated paper) from Indonesia (C-560-824).
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses (certain coated paper) from Indonesia is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value (A-560-823).
The International Trade Administration has posted recent comments received by Candym Enterprises, Ltd.; National Candle Association; Trade Associates Group, Ltd.; and Universal Candle Company Ltd. regarding its preliminary new interpretation for determining whether novelty candles are in the scope of the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from China. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/13/10 news, 10081321, for BP summary of the preliminary interpretation and request for comments.)
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses (certain coated paper) from China (C-570-959).
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses (certain coated paper) from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value (A-570-958).
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) on September 24, 2010, filed a court motion to maintain the preliminary injunction delaying implementation of certain provisions of the Concession Agreements of the Port of Los Angeles’ Clean Trucks program, including the employee driver mandate.
Two wireless and one video item will get FCC votes Oct. 14 under the preliminary meeting agenda released Thursday. An order on CableCARDs will change the rules to make it easier for consumers to use set-top boxes and other devices that connect TVs and other products to cable systems and that aren’t provided directly by the operator. That item was expected to get a vote at the meeting (CD Sept 20 p3). A rulemaking on what the FCC calls bill shock will seek comment on rules requiring carriers “to provide usage alerts and related information that will assist consumers in avoiding unexpected charges on their bills,” the agency said. Another rulemaking seeks feedback on using Universal Service Fund money to start a fund to support corporate investment in 3G and next-generation services in places where they're not available.
Two wireless and one video item will get FCC votes Oct. 14 under the preliminary meeting agenda released Thursday. An order on CableCARDs will change the rules to make it easier for consumers to use set-top boxes and other devices that connect TVs and other products to cable systems and that aren’t provided directly by the operator. That item was expected to get a vote at the meeting (CED Sept 20 p5). A rulemaking on what the FCC calls bill shock will seek comment on rules requiring carriers “to provide usage alerts and related information that will assist consumers in avoiding unexpected charges on their bills,” the agency said.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.