(a) a 0.53% rate, which is de minimis(the preliminary rate was also de minimis)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a final negative countervailing (CV) duty determination with respect to live swine from Canada, as it has determined that the total net countervailable subsidy rate for all producers or exporters of live swine in Canada is de minimis.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results for the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is initiating two anticircumvention inquiries, as requested by a petitioner, to determine whether imports of mixed wax candles composed of petroleum wax and varying amounts of either palm or vegetable-based waxes from China are circumventing the antidumping (AD) duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.
N.Y. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (D), who heads a committee that reviews most telecom legislation, said his panel opened an inquiry Mon. into the PSC’s decision to allow a Verizon service quality enforcement program to lapse on Feb. 28 without any replacement. Brodsky, chmn. of the Assembly Corporations, Authorities & Commissions Committee, said the PSC “has walked away from its legal duty to ensure adequate telephone service in this state.” He added that the legislature owes it to the public to look into the situation. Brodsky said preliminary data from Verizon indicates it will miss the target for timely outage restorations for the final reporting period that ended Feb. 28, which could result in a $15 million rebate to customers. But a PSC spokesman said the only thing that’s changed is the automatic penalties: “We're not walking away from anything.” The PSC is continuing to monitor Verizon’s performance through quarterly reports and customer complaints. Earlier this year, the PSC said it believed market forces in N.Y. have become strong enough to be the primary driver for good service quality and decided the time had come to test that belief by ending mandatory penalties for Verizon service quality shortfalls. Verizon took issue with Brodsky’s implication that service quality would plummet absent explicit penalties. A spokesman said Verizon has been steadily improving its service quality for the past several years and the latest data shows it may miss the timely outage restoration goal by only a narrow margin. Under the 3- year enforcement program that expired in Feb., Verizon has had to pay $55 million in rebates to its customers. That was the last in a series of service quality enforcement programs going back to 1997. The PSC will issue its report on the final Verizon reporting period later this month.
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 U.S. Patent & Trademark Office rejected Visto’s claims against mobile software provider Seven Networks, Visto officials said Wed. Visto also lost a request for a preliminary injunction against Seven in U.S. Dist. Court, Marshall, Tex., last month. Visto has sued several companies for patent infringement recently (WID March 1 p3).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice terminating the antidumping (AD) duty investigations of certain circular welded carbon quality line pipe from Korea or Mexico.
To resolve security concerns raised by its 51.5% foreign ownership, telecom provider TelCove has asked the FCC to defer its petition to provide local and long-distance telephone service. TelCove is the successor to Adelphia Business Solutions, which has emerged from bankruptcy. TelCove, which serves 50 U.S. markets, is seeking a Section 310(b)(4) ruling from the FCC declaring that its foreign ownership is permissible. Meanwhile, the company said it has had preliminary discussions with the Dept. of Homeland Security, FBI and Justice Dept. about potential security, safety and law enforcement concerns related to its foreign ownership. “TelCove anticipates that any such issues can be fully addressed through an agreement with the executive agencies and appropriate further action by the Commission.”
Internet governance issues won’t be solved in Tunis during the 2nd World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) this year, officials said last week after a preparatory meeting in Geneva. The issue was the subject of heavy PrepCom 2 debate, with the group divided even on who should prepare a preliminary draft agreement.