BellSouth asked a federal court in Miss. to suspend and overturn a recent PSC order requiring it to continue for now to provide CLECs with cost-based access to the unbundled network elements (UNE) affected by the FCC’s Triennial Review Remand Order (TRRO). The PSC issued this order earlier this month in response to CLEC petitions claiming major financial harm if BellSouth on March 11 stopped providing the cost-based UNE platform services and unbundled high-capacity loop and transport facilities no longer mandatory because of the TRRO. The PSC said its order was to stand until it completed a generic proceeding to address changes needed to the existing agreements between CLECs and incumbents because of the TRRO. But BellSouth told the U.S. Dist. Court, Jackson, the PSC order was unlawful because it was an open-ended state extension of cost-based access to certain UNEs, contravening FCC policies laid out in the TRRO. BellSouth said the PSC didn’t try to explain how its order could be consistent with federal law and the holdings in the FCC’s TRRO decision. It argued that the state decision works against the public interest by delaying competitors’ investment in their own network facilities. BellSouth sought a preliminary injunction to lift the PSC order, claiming irreparable injury from CLECs that take advantage of artificially low UNE-P rates the FCC has acted against in the TRRO. To allow the court time to rule on the injunction, BellSouth said it would keep processing new UNE-P orders through April 17. The court will hold a hearing on the injunction request April 7. BellSouth said it would refund any overcharges to CLECs if the court granted interim relief but ultimately ruled in the PSC’s favor.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations that bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India, Indonesia, and Thailand is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing January 2005 trade data for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
The Commerce Department has issued a press release stating that it is initiating a new system to monitor imports of textiles and apparel products, which will allow the Commerce Department and the public timely access to preliminary textile and apparel data (aggregated on a category basis) from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the March 21, 2005 Federal Register its final negative antidumping (AD) duty determination that bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Taiwan is not being, nor is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final countervailing (CV) duty determinations with respect to bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India and Thailand.
1AD Duty New Shipper Review
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.