The Brazilian government approved a decree authorizing cross-retaliation in intellectual property rights and services as sanctions in an agriculture dispute with the U.S. in the World Trade Organization, a Brazilian official told us. Movies, music and software are on the preliminary list of possible goods for suspension of intellectual property rights, he said. There’s also a risk of new tariffs on U.S.-origin portable telephones and variety of consumer electronics gear (WID April 12 p8). Brazilian and U.S. officials are meeting Thursday and Friday to try to hammer out a solution to the nearly decade-long trade spat.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of certain new pneumatic off--the-road tires from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of drill pipe from China.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
Fresh from defending against a motion to halt its operations, LimeWire found itself facing a new crisis Monday as the RIAA filed a new action seeking to freeze all assets of the company. “The evidence in the record overwhelmingly demonstrates Gorton’s clear intent to abscond with funds to frustrate Plaintiff’s efforts to collect a legal judgment in this case, and is more than sufficient to warrant a preliminary injunction freezing [LimeWire] assets,” RIAA alleged in court documents filed with U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood, New York.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping of greenhouse bell peppers originating in or exported from the Netherlands had caused injury (Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2009-005).
AT&T denied that it’s in discussions with India wireless operator Reliance Communications in a one-sentence statement. Published reports said the companies were holding preliminary talks about AT&T buying a minority share of Reliance. India’s wireless market is deeply flawed structurally, Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett said. The country has a highly competitive market, and there are few synergies that AT&T could achieve with Reliance since the companies already enjoy huge scale in handsets and network equipment, J.P. Morgan Chase analyst Mike McCormack said. AT&T sold its 33 percent of Idea Cellular, an Indian telecom provider, in 2005, making any interest in owning a minority stake in Reliance “curious,” he said.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that certain steel grating from China is being, or is 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 certain steel grating from China.