The International Trade Administration has initiated an antidumping duty investigation to determine whether imports of aluminum extrusions from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value; and a countervailing duty investigation to determine whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of aluminum extrusions in China receive countervailable subsidies.
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 Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decided the following antidumping and countervailing duty law determinations in the first half of April 2010.
The International Trade Administration has initiated an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate (CTL plate) are circumventing the AD duty order on CTL plate from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from China.
In a surprise, CenturyLink agreed to buy Qwest in a $22.4 billion deal, including a $10.6 billion all-stock transaction and $11.8 billion debt, the companies said Thursday. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2011. It’s likely to be approved by regulators within a year with attached conditions, such as an obligation to expand broadband access or to provide it at certain prices, analysts said.
1. CBP to Hold 10+2 Webinar
Comments will be sought from ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Internet Architecture Board on a Russian proposal to ITU-T for a decentralized name resolution system architecture for global IP networks. Adoption of IPv6 will significantly increase of the number of elements on the network, the proposal said, and will require development of a name resolution system with more expressive power than the current domain name system. The limited number of root domain servers is a systemic vulnerability, the proposal said. The basic concept of the proposed system lies in equal distribution of responsibility by combining system servers into a self-organizing peer-to-peer network. Discussion of the proposal has just begun in an ITU-T study group on security. A preliminary group set up at an April study group meeting will define a security analysis model for hierarchical and decentralized architectures for the name resolution systems, according to information we obtained. The group will examine the Russian proposal, identify the extent to which ITU-T and other bodies are addressing the issues, suggest necessary work to satisfy existing and future needs and define the title and scope of a new ITU-T recommendation.
Comments will be sought from ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Internet Architecture Board on a Russian proposal to ITU-T for a decentralized name resolution system architecture for global IP networks. Adoption of IPv6 will significantly increase of the number of elements on the network, the proposal said, and will require development of a name resolution system with more expressive power than the current domain name system. The limited number of root domain servers is a systemic vulnerability, the proposal said. The basic concept of the proposed system lies in equal distribution of responsibility by combining system servers into a self-organizing peer-to-peer network. Discussion of the proposal has just begun in an ITU-T study group on security. A preliminary group set up at an April study group meeting will define a security analysis model for hierarchical and decentralized architectures for the name resolution systems, according to information we obtained. The group will examine the Russian proposal, identify the extent to which ITU-T and other bodies are addressing the issues, suggest necessary work to satisfy existing and future needs and define the title and scope of a new ITU-T recommendation.
1. NAM Responds to Gate's Export Control Reform Proposals