The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that seamless refined copper pipe and tube from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value (A-570-964).
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 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 its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
Ireland’s High Court cleared the way for a constitutional attack on EU Internet and telephony traffic data-storage rules, saying Wednesday that Digital Rights Ireland can pursue a challenge to national law in the European Court of Justice on the grounds that the data retention directive violates fundamental rights. The move, which follows decisions against data retention in Germany and Romania, has implications for data storage across Europe, said DRI Chairman TJ McIntyre. Meanwhile, a preliminary European Commission assessment of the directive shows wide divergence among national laws, and concerns from civil society and telecom providers.
Ireland’s High Court cleared the way for a constitutional attack on EU Internet and telephony traffic data-storage rules, saying Wednesday that Digital Rights Ireland can pursue a challenge to national law in the European Court of Justice on the grounds that the data retention directive violates fundamental rights. The move, which follows decisions against data retention in Germany and Romania, has implications for data storage across Europe, said DRI Chairman TJ McIntyre. Meanwhile, a preliminary European Commission assessment of the directive shows wide divergence among national laws, and concerns from civil society and telecom providers.
An upcoming FCC order on pole attachments leaves some industry officials worried and others hopeful about the fate of pole attachment rates. The items are circulating at the FCC and will focus on “ensuring nondiscriminatory, just and reasonable access to utility poles,” the commission said when the May 20 meeting preliminary agenda was released. “We need a regime that is essentially going to set pole rates that are as low as possible, while still providing appropriate rental costs from pole owners,” NCTA Executive Vice President James Assey told us.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of honey from China for the period of December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of seamless refined copper pipe and tube from China and Mexico (A-570-964 and A-201-838).
World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report to the General Council, cited the following “ingredients” in the Doha Round process: meetings organized by the chairs of the different negotiating groups; preliminary contacts between trade ministers; and his own consultations with delegations on general issues. Members must start shaking the ingredients “before the ice melts,” he quipped. (Notice, dated 05/04/10, available at http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news10_e/tnc_chair_report_04may10_e.htm)