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 amended the final AD duty rates for certain potassium phosphate salts from China and is issuing an AD duty order (A-570-962).
The International Trade Administration has amended the final countervailing duty determination and is issuing a CV duty order for certain potassium phosphate salts from China (C-570-963).
on Dish v. FCC. It responded to a Department of Justice filing in opposition to a preliminary injunction request from Dish that would block a federal statute requiring the Dish to carry more public TV programming in HD (CD May 13 p2). While the government and Dish agree on the facts, the two have different opinions on how the First Amendment should apply to the facts, said Dish. DOJ claims that the First Amendment doesn’t protect the company’s discretion in choosing which stations to air in HD are false and the amendment applies anytime a programmer “exercises editorial discretion” in what to show its viewers, the company said. Arguments that programmers deserve only basic First Amendment protection based on the Supreme Court’s Red Lion decision to adopt standards “for over-the-air broadcasts in the interests of ensuring proliferation of diverse viewpoints,” since only a few channels were available, have been found to be inapplicable to cable companies and similarly shouldn’t apply to satellite-TV providers, said Dish. The PBS HD mandate is far from content neutral since the government would require Dish to give “special treatment to specific stations -- PBS member stations -- because the government believes those stations broadcast content that is more worthy of viewer attention,” Dish said. A preliminary injunction is necessary to protect the company from constitutional infringement, it said. A judge will decide Thursday whether to grant the injunction.
An ITU-R study group gave preliminary, conditional approval July 16 to a report that will be used to further develop satellite radio interface standards for International Mobile Telecommunications-Advanced, the international specifications for advanced broadband access. Last-minute concerns raised mostly by Iran had threatened to delay work up to 15 months, a participant said (CD July 20 p15). No formal opposition surfaced at the study group meeting, but there was a request for more time to review the final version of the report, another participant said. The study group decided to allow comments through October so ITU-R participants working on international 4G terrestrial specifications have time to review it, he said.
Estimated Q2 sales at Entravision gained about 10 percent from a year earlier, to between $53.3 and $53.5 million, the company said Monday, reporting preliminary results.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India for the period of February 1, 2008, through January 31, 2009.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.