WTO Agriculture negotiations chairperson Ambassador Falconer, on August 11, 2008, submitted his report on the July 2008 "package" talks to the Trade Negotiations Committee. Also, non-agricultural market access (NAMA) chairperson Stephenson, on August 12, 2008, submitted his report on the July 2008 "package" talks to the Trade Negotiations Committee. (WTO agriculture negotiations chairperson's report, dated 08/11/08, available at http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/chair_texts_11aug08_e.doc; WTO non-agricultural market access chairperson's report, dated 08/12/08, available at
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that steel wire garment hangers from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that imports of electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from Australia are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the deadline for the preliminary antidumping duty determination on frontseating service valves from China by 50 days to October 15, 2008.
M2Z wrote FCC Commissioners Michael Copps, Jonathan Adelstein and Robert McDowell, asking the commission to act on the AWS-3 spectrum allocation by Aug. 14. That’s the deadline for action the FCC endorsed last year when it rejected M2Z’s petition seeking a license for the spectrum without an auction. “As is usually the case in a proceeding that involves the authorization of a new competitive service, there have been last minute calls for delay,” M2Z said. “In this case, the requests for delay are based on the supposed need for additional testing.” M2Z said it has already explained in “exhaustive detail” that such interference testing is “unnecessary because it would be duplicative of technical studies done both domestically and internationally and thus would add no new information to the expansive record developed by the Commission.” Meanwhile, T-Mobile said in reply comments on AWS-3 rules that preliminary tests it performed in a third-party facility show “there is a serious threat of harmful interference to AWS-1 licensees posed by the FCC’s proposed rules for the AWS-3 band… We are pleased to hear from multiple sources inside the FCC that they have decided to conduct joint testing. We welcome this decision.”
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of silicon metal from China for the period of June 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007.
The Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official June 2008 trade data from the Census Department for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain orange juice from Brazil for the period of August 24, 2005 through February 28, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty new shipper review of certain preserved mushrooms from China for the period of February 1, 2007 through July 31, 2007.