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.
Verizon and Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission used workshops to avoid stalemate on disputed recommendations that came out of a Network Modernization Plan audit of Verizon operations in the state. A report on the resolution process was accepted Feb. 5, the commission said.
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official December 2008 trade data from the Census Department for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of freshwater crawfish tail meat from China for the period of September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2007.
Legislation mandating storage of Internet and telephone traffic data was founded on the correct legal basis, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday. It tossed out a challenge to the EU data retention directive by Ireland and Slovakia, saying the measure relates to internal market, not police matters, as the two governments claimed. Digital rights activists said they're confident the controversial directive will still be struck down on human rights grounds.
Legislation mandating storage of Internet and telephone traffic data was founded on the correct legal basis, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday. It tossed out a challenge to the EU data retention directive by Ireland and Slovakia, saying the measure relates to internal market, not police matters, as the two governments claimed. Digital rights activists said they're confident the controversial directive will still be struck down on human rights grounds.
Industry Canada wants work on ITU-T conformance and interoperability testing schemes to continue through 2012, according to a proposal to a study group meeting this week on telecom security. The ITU-T secretariat launched preliminary work to define a program “to grant suppliers of products and services that implement ITU-T recommendations the right to visually display an ITU Mark,” Industry Canada said. The Joint Coordination Activity on Conformance and Interoperability Testing was instrumental in developing the proposal, which in October resulted in a World Telecommunication Standard Assembly resolution, Industry Canada said (WID Oct 31 p2). The coordination activity will “play an important role” in spurring future collaboration, said the document, which proposed extending its work to 2012. The Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group may consider the matter at an April 27 to 29 meeting. Industry Canada suggested the activity group compile information on testing activities and methodologies, and seek ITU member countries’ positions on the WTSA resolution. It also should develop a common understanding of conformance versus interoperability testing, needed requirements in ITU recommendations to accommodate testing, testing methodologies and produce guidance in next generation networks, IPTV, home networking and other areas.
Industry Canada wants work on ITU-T conformance and interoperability testing schemes to continue through 2012, according to a proposal to a study group meeting this week on telecom security (CD Oct 21 p5). The ITU-T secretariat launched preliminary work to define a program “to grant suppliers of products and services that implement ITU-T recommendations the right to visually display an ITU Mark,” Industry Canada said. The Joint Coordination Activity on Conformance and Interoperability Testing was instrumental in developing the proposal, which in October resulted in a World Telecommunication Standard Assembly resolution, Industry Canada said (CD Oct 31 p10). The coordination activity will “play an important role” in spurring future collaboration, said the document, which proposed extending its work to 2012. The Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group may consider the matter at an April 27 to 29 meeting. Industry Canada suggested the activity group compile information on testing activities and methodologies, and seek ITU member countries’ positions on the WTSA resolution. It also should develop a common understanding of conformance versus interoperability testing, needed requirements in ITU recommendations to accommodate testing, testing methodologies and produce guidance in next generation networks, IPTV, home networking and other areas. The U.S. State Department asked the group to account for certain identity management information in a Jan. 9 3G Americas white paper to develop the ITU-T recommendation. “To protect resources, applications and services, identity providers must determine the required level of assurance in the authentication used for network access and application/service transactions,” the U.S. said, citing the white paper. E-authentication is the process of establishing confidence in user identities electronically presented to an information system, the U.S. said, citing the white paper’s section on NIST special report 800-63. E- authentication is a technical challenge when the process involves remote authentication of individuals over a network for the purpose of electronic government and commerce, the U.S. added. The Liberty Alliance Identity Assurance Framework, based on the NIST special report, addresses the problem of trust level in identity providers through the definition of well-established and certified assurance levels, the U.S. said.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews: