The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper reviews of honey from China for the review period of December 1, 2002 through November 30, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations that magnesium metal from China and Russia is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
Cal. PUC Comr. Susan Kennedy -- a national leader among deregulatory policy makers -- is pushing for the states to assert themselves on communications policy, even in gray jurisdictional areas, based on an “Internet freedom” principle to ensure access to VoIP. She’s also proposing her commission undertake a sweeping, possibly fast-tracked remake of the basic state regulatory structure. Kennedy is emboldened by the emergence of IP-based and other competitive services; growing receptivity among fellow state regulators to market-based premises; and what she sees as an FCC “void” creating an opening for state activism, she indicated in a speech this week.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is amending its preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination on chlorinated isocyanurates from China in order to correct significant ministerial errors with respect to Jiheng.
Two major cable operators, Rogers in Canada and Adelphia in the U.S., announced they'll use Nortel as their primary softswitch vendor as they roll out VoIP. Nortel previously signed agreements with Cox and Charter in the U.S. as cable operators move to offer phone service as part of a triple package along with video and broadband. With Wed.’s announcements, the top 5 U.S. MSOs have made at least preliminary decisions on who will supply their switches.
Two major cable operators, Rogers in Canada and Adelphia in the U.S., announced they'll use Nortel as their primary softswitch vendor as they roll out VoIP. Nortel previously signed agreements with Cox and Charter in the U.S. as cable operators move to offer phone service as part of a triple package along with video and broadband. With Wed.’s announcements, the top 5 U.S. MSOs have made at least preliminary decisions on who will supply their switches.
Regulatory issues and a potentially much faster approval process were cited prominently by Qwest in a letter to MCI as reasons, along with a higher dollar offer, MCI should accept Qwest’s offer over Verizon’s. But analysts told us Fri. the regulatory argument in particular may prove spurious, since regulatory review is a black box. A key factor could instead be increasingly vocal opposition to the Verizon-MCI deal by major stockholders.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from India for the period of December 21, 2001 through June 30, 2003.
GENEVA -- Two key issues remain unresolved from the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and will be central to the 2nd session beginning here today (Thurs.), said Yoshio Utsumi, secy. gen. of the ITU and of WSIS: “That is whether we should have a so- called digital solidarity fund or not, and the so-called issue of Internet governance.” The first phase ended in Dec. 2003 in Geneva with the adoption of the WSIS Action Plan endorsed by 175 countries.
AD: Brazil Small Diameter Circular Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of small diameter circular seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Brazil for the period of August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003.