U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ADD/CVD message which contains an adjusted antidumping duty rate for one mandatory respondent under the International Trade Administration's preliminary affirmative AD duty determination on wire decking from China (A-570-949).
The International Trade Administration has initiated an antidumping duty investigation to determine whether drill pipe from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps stressed the need to maintain an open Internet and cited progress in the push for broadband expansion and adoption. An open Internet is key in leading the international community, Copps said Tuesday at a preliminary event for the State of the Net conference of the Congressional Internet Caucus. “We are right to worry about where the path will take us if we allow unreasonable discrimination on the net,” he said. “We cannot preach tolerance to nations around the world while allowing those who provide the vital link to the online world to be intolerant. Broadband is coming to be seen for what it really is: the great enabler. And how well we enable it to enable us will spell the difference between America just muddling through, or opening the door to many more years of U.S. prosperity and world leadership.” Copps called for high bandwidth and enough spectrum to expand the nation’s broadband inventory. “Puny pipes are not going to carry America where it needs to go,” he said. A truly open Internet requires “the vision to build networks that are as robust as our national needs.” Copps said one challenge is ensuring that the Internet can support the information infrastructure that promotes democracy and another is “stemming the hemorrhage of traditional media journalism.” There are “signs that the news and information journalism America relied on for so long is failing us today,” he said. One day the Internet will “open wide avenues to support the kind of in-depth journalism I'm talking about.”
CEA and the ITI Council scheduled a conference call for Thursday to brief reporters on developments in their lawsuit to stop New York City’s e-waste program from taking effect. The session comes two weeks after the Natural Resources Defense Council and its supporters held a call to discuss why the council intervened as a co-defendant in the lawsuit and to allege that CEA and ITI seek to use the case to stamp out throughout the country e-waste laws based on producer responsibility.
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps stressed the need to maintain an open Internet and cited progess in the push for broadband expansion and adoption. An open Internet is key in leading the international community, Copps said Tuesday at a preliminary event for the State of the Net conference of the Congressional Internet Caucus. “We are right to worry about where the path will take us if we allow unreasonable discrimination on the net,” he said. “We cannot preach tolerance to nations around the world while allowing those who provide the vital link to the online world to be intolerant. Broadband is coming to be seen for what it really is: the great enabler. And how well we enable it to enable us will spell the difference between America just muddling through, or opening the door to many more years of U.S. prosperity and world leadership.” Copps called for high bandwidth and enough spectrum to expand the nation’s broadband inventory. “Puny pipes are not going to carry America where it needs to go,” he said. A truly open Internet requires “the vision to build networks that are as robust as our national needs.” Copps said one challenge is ensuring that the Internet can support the information infrastructure that promotes democracy and another is “stemming the hemorrhage of traditional media journalism.” There are “signs that the news and information journalism America relied on for so long is failing us today,” he said. One day the Internet will “open wide avenues to support the kind of in-depth journalism I'm talking about."
The International Trade Administration has initiated a countervailing duty investigation to determine whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of drill pipe in China receive countervailable subsidies.
The International Trade Administration is initiating and issuing the preliminary results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of polyester staple fiber from Taiwan.
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization has announced that the theme for International Customs Day on January 26, 2010, and for the year 2010, will be "Customs and business: improving performance through partnerships". The Secretary General called on all stakeholders to make a commitment to work more closely together, redouble their efforts to secure international co-operation, and take bold initiatives aimed at simplification, speed, flexibility, predictability, effectiveness and fairness of procedures. (Announcement, dated 01/19/10, available at http://www.wcoomd.org/speeches/default.aspx?lid=1&id=196)
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from China for the period of August 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.
The International Trade Administration is issuing a countervailing duty order and amending its final CV duty determination for certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China.