The International Trade Administration has issued a notice that it is postponing the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain steel grating from China.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners gave preliminary approval tonearly $9 million in extra incentives to further boost participation in the Green Flag air quality program and toincrease the use of trains to move import and export cargo containers. The Green Flag Program, whichgives financialincentives to ship operators to slow down their vessels near the Port,will double to $6 million a year. (News release, posted 02/02/10, available at http://www.polb.com/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=666&targetid=1)
European Internet gambling rules, currently a crazy-quilt of national laws and court decisions, may be moving toward some level of harmonization, several sources said. The impetus appears to have been a September European Court of Justice preliminary ruling allowing EU countries to bar foreign operators from offering online gambling if the ban serves public interests such as fraud and crime prevention, said Thibault Verbiest, an Internet lawyer with the Ulys law firm in Paris. That decision paved the way for a “conditional recognition principle” allowing governments to consider requirements gambling operators have met in their home countries when deciding whether to grant licenses, he said. The case’s implications for cross-border gambling are to be the subject of a Feb. 11 debate in the European Parliament.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that certain woven electric blankets from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Port of Dallas/Fort Worth has issued a Public Information Notice advising the importing community of the requirement for full compliance with the 102 reporting requirements effective January 26, 2010. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/25/10 news, 10012505, for BP summary detailing its phased enforcement plan for 102.) (Information Notice 10-008, dated 01/22/10, is available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com)
As Sony nears settlement of the latest in a string of class action lawsuits alleging it knowingly sold defective SXRD-based rear projection TVs, a rift appears to have developed between plaintiffs.
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 and new shipper reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty new shipper review of circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand for the period of March 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008.
On January 27, the International Trade Administration issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain woven electric blankets from China.