U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its mitigation guidelines for the assessment and cancellation of claims for liquidated damages for failure to comply with the requirements of the 10 2 interim final rule.
The “romantic foibles” of Canada’s 12 million Facebook users could be exposed if Facebook doesn’t change some of its data collection and retention policies, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner said in a report judging allegations by the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. The social network is in violation of Canadian privacy law through its indefinite retention of user data, even after users have deactivated their accounts, and by keeping loose reins on third-party application developers, the office said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its mitigation guidelines for the assessment and cancellation of claims for liquidated damages for failure to comply with the requirements of the 10 2 interim final rule.
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 Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official May 2009 trade data from the Census Department for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
The International Trade Administration has issued an affirmative preliminary determination of circumvention for the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from Brazil for the period of February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.
House Commerce Committee legislation (HR-3125) ordering an inventory of federal spectrum takes a more detailed approach than a similar bill the Senate Commerce Committee approved on Wednesday (CD July 9 p1). The Senate bill seeks identification of services on bands spanning 300 MHz to 3.5 GHz, while the House would examine a broader swath from 225 MHz to 10 GHz. The House bill also explicitly would ask the FCC and NTIA to provide recommendations for reallocation of the “least utilized” spectrum detected in the inventory, and provide an explanation for their suggestions.
House Commerce Committee legislation (HR-3125) ordering an inventory of federal spectrum takes a more detailed approach than a similar bill the Senate Commerce Committee approved on Wednesday (CED July 9 p1). The Senate bill seeks identification of services on bands spanning 300 MHz to 3.5 GHz, while the House would examine a broader swath from 225 MHz to 10 GHz. The House bill also explicitly would ask the FCC and NTIA to provide recommendations for reallocation of the “least utilized” spectrum detected in the inventory, and provide an explanation for their suggestions.
ITC Institutes Preliminary AD/CV Injury Investigations on Certain Narrow Ribbons from China & Taiwan
The International Trade Commission has announced the institution of investigations and the commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty injury investigations regarding certain narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China and Taiwan.