The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary negative countervailing duty determination that no countervailable subsidies are being provided to the production or exportation of certain magnesia carbon bricks from China.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a press release announcing that a large majority of states and territories - 46 of 56 - have informed DHS that they will not be able to meet the Dec. 31 REAL ID material compliance deadline. In order to ensure that the millions of Americans traveling this holiday season are not disrupted, DHS is extending the Dec. 31 REAL ID material compliance deadline. The May 10, 2011, deadline for full compliance remains in effect, and the Department will continue to work closely with states to meet this deadline. However, DHS states that Congress must act to address systemic problems with the REAL ID Act to advance U.S. security interests over the long term. (Press release, dated 12/18/09, available at http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1261170524591.shtm.)
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued notices that it is postponing the preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of certain magnesia carbon bricks from China and Mexico.
Six consumer products trade groups from outside the CE industry support the CEA and ITI Council motion for a preliminary injunction blocking the New York City e-waste program from taking effect, they said in an amicus brief filed Monday at the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
CBP has posted a document that provides summaries of proposed and final revocations and modifications that were published on December 10, 2009 in the CBP Bulletin. (Bulletin, posted 12/10/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/legal/bulletins_decisions/bulletins_2009/vol43_12102009_no50/summary_12102009.ctt/summary_12102009.pdf)
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan for the period of June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008.
Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) has announced a delay in the finalization of the list of U.S. products that could be subject to additional duties of up to 100%, as the U.S. has not complied with World Trade Organization findings in the upland cotton dispute.1
The key question in oral argument Tuesday in the German appeal of rules implementing the EU data retention directive was whether the German judges will send the case up to the European Court of Justice to check if the directive complies with EU fundamental rights. Representatives for the German government argued that data retention was necessary to fight severe crimes. Access to the data by law enforcement has been limited by the Constitutional Court in two preliminary injunctions resulting from copyright issues. In the argument, representatives of the music industry urged the court not to put privacy completely above copyright. But the complainants warned that limiting access only to severe cases while retaining the retention obligation would not prevent the violation of fundamental privacy and freedom of expression rights. More than 30,000 Germans, many journalists, physicians, accountants, priests, professional and industry associations and several high level politicians filed complaints against the data retention rules. The most prominent complainant is the new Minister of Justice, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Liberal Party), who had joined the opposition against the data retention law when her party still was in the opposition and remains opposed despite being in power. The court decision is expected in the spring.
The key question in oral argument Tuesday in the German appeal of rules implementing the EU data retention directive was whether the German judges will send the case up to the European Court of Justice to check if the directive complies with EU fundamental rights. Representatives for the German government argued that data retention was necessary to fight severe crimes. Access to the data by law enforcement has been limited by the Constitutional Court in two preliminary injunctions resulting from copyright issues. In the argument, representatives of the music industry urged the court not to put privacy completely above copyright. But the complainants warned that limiting access only to severe cases while retaining the retention obligation would not prevent the violation of fundamental privacy and freedom of expression rights. More than 30,000 Germans, many journalists, physicians, accountants, priests, professional and industry associations and several high level politicians filed complaints against the data retention rules. The most prominent complainant is the new Minister of Justice, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Liberal Party), who had joined the opposition against the data retention law when her party still was in the opposition and remains opposed despite being in power. The court decision is expected in the spring.