On July 10, 2008, the International Trade Administration published its final affirmative antidumping duty determination that raw flexible magnets from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
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.
Industry Canada gave the Ciel Satellite Group the green light to sign up customers for several orbital slots, the company said. Ciel was issued “approvals in principle” for craft to orbit at 91, 109.2, 103, 107.3 and 138 degrees west. It said it received preliminary assignment of the slots last year. Ciel is seeking customers for the satellites, CEO Dave Lewis told us. “In this day and age nobody builds a satellite on spec,” Lewis said. Ciel operates EchoStar 5 and plans to launch Ciel 2 this year.
On July 8, 2008, the International Trade Administration published its final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of sodium nitrite from China.
On July 8, 2008, the International Trade Administration published its final affirmative antidumping duty determination that sodium nitrite from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
On July 8, 2008, the International Trade Administration published its final affirmative antidumping duty determination that sodium nitrite from Germany is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
On June 26, 2008, the Senate passed its version of H.R. 802, the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act, which would require the Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency to prescribe regulations to implement vessel air emission standards and requirements that are outlined under Annex VI to the MARPOL Convention. The House passed its version of H.R. 802 on March 26, 2007. (Senate Commerce Committee press release, dated 06/27/08, available at http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=82f3560a-d664-42ec-82af-87a9d0ab0fec&Month=6&Year=2008.)
Activision on Wednesday claimed victory in a suit against it by the Wayne County, Mich., Employees’ Retirement System that sought to prevent the publisher’s pending merger with Vivendi Games. The court denied a preliminary injunction against the merger, announced by the two publishers in December (CED Dec 4 p3), Activision said. The Michigan investor group sued Activision in February, claiming the merger would leave the company’s investors in an “unfavorable” minority position, with Vivendi holding 52 percent of the merged company. A special Activision stockholders meeting is set Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif., to vote whether to approve the merger. If the shareholders approve the transaction and other matters there, Activision said, it expects the deal to close around Wednesday.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping and countervailing administrative reviews:
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection administrative message, effective June 24, 2008, the International Trade Administration discontinued the suspension of liquidation for countervailing duty purposes for raw flexible magnets from China.