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.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam for the period of February 1, 2008, through January 31, 2009.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of drill pipe from China.
A preliminary accord between broadcasters and music labels on terrestrial and online royalties (CD Aug 5 p6) “from all we have heard” is “not, by any means, a done deal,” a lawyer with radio station clients said Thursday. The outlines of a possible deal where radio stations would pay about 1 percent of revenue as a terrestrial performance royalty and in turn get their streaming royalties cut 25 percent raise many questions, including about the motives of music labels, David Oxenford wrote on the Davis Wright blog. “There are many questions that will no doubt be debated” at Friday’s NAB board meeting, he said.
A preliminary accord between broadcasters and music labels on terrestrial and online royalties (WID Aug 5 p2) “from all we have heard” is “not, by any means, a done deal,” a lawyer with radio station clients said Thursday. The outlines of a possible deal where radio stations would pay about 1 percent of revenue as a terrestrial performance royalty and in turn get their streaming royalties cut 25 percent raise many questions, including about the motives of music labels, David Oxenford wrote on the Davis Wright blog. “There are many questions that will no doubt be debated” at Friday’s NAB board meeting, he said.
On July 29, 2010, Representative Nadler and 56 co-sponsors, introduced the “Clean Ports Act of 2010” (H.R. 5967), which would provide ports the authority to adopt “clean” programs for motor carriers and commercial vehicles, among other things.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of new pneumatic off-the-road tires from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued an amended final antidumping duty determination for certain woven electric blankets from China.
The new $139 and $189 Kindles that Amazon bowed last week (CED July 30 p7) were listed on its website Tuesday as “temporarily sold out” because of “strong customer demand.” Customers trying to buy either model were told to “order now to reserve your place in line” because “orders are prioritized on a first come, first served basis.” Orders placed Tuesday were “expected to ship on or before” Sept. 4, Amazon said. It started taking orders for the new models last week, and they were to start shipping Aug. 27. The $189 model replaced a Kindle with fewer features that had been selling for the same price. The $139 SKU is a Wi-Fi-only model that scraps the free 3G wireless service of previous Kindles and became Amazon’s new entry-level e-book reader. Meanwhile, Amazon and Apple didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment after Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he’s investigating deals between the companies and the biggest U.S. e-book publishers that “may block competitors from offering cheaper e-book prices.” Amazon and Apple “reached agreements with the largest e-book publishers that ensure both will receive the best prices for e-books over any competitors -- contract provisions known as ‘most favored nation’ (MFN) clauses,” he said. Blumenthal said he sent Amazon and Apple letters asking them to meet with his office about his concerns. Publishers that reached deals of this kind with Amazon and Apple included Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, HarperCollins and Penguin, he said. The arrangements “appear to deter certain publishers from offering discounts to Amazon and Apple’s competitors -- because they must offer the same to Amazon and Apple,” Blumenthal said, a set-up that “blocks cheaper and competitive prices for consumers.” He said a preliminary review by his staff “found that e-book prices offered by Amazon, Apple, Borders and Barnes & Noble for several New York Times bestseller books were identical."
On July 22, 2010, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported S. 3636, the fiscal year 20111 appropriations bill for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies.