NARUC officials, concerned about possible reduction in state authority, are scheduled to get briefed today (Wed.) on an industry proposal to reform intercarrier compensation (CD Aug 17 p1). The plan announced Mon. by the Intercarrier Compensation Forum (ICF) would unify the disparate intercarrier payment systems used by the telecom industry -- applying not only to interstate but also intrastate communications that tend to be state regulators’ bailiwick.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that the deadline to submit petitions for the 2004 Annual Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) Review is September 15, 2004. In addition, the USTR states that it will publish a list of petitions filed in response to this announcement in the Federal Register.
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 its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from Taiwan for the review period of December 21, 2001 through June 30, 2003.
1 The ITA has previously concluded that Tipco Foods is the successor-in-interest to TIPCO. As a result, the order is revoked for TIPCO/Tipco Foods. See ITT's Online Archives or 07/07/04 news 04070745 for BP summary of the final results of changed circumstances review on this determination.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Turkey for the review period of May 1, 2002 through April 30, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended its initiation and its preliminary results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain softwood lumber products from Canada for the review period of May 22, 2002 through April 30, 2003 in order to add 22 companies that were inadvertently omitted from the initiation notice.
The Journal of Commerce Online reports that on August 4, 2004, the World Trade Organization (WTO) preliminarily ruled that European Union (EU) subsidies for its sugar farmers violate global trade rules, upholding a complaint filed by Brazil, Australia, and Thailand. The article states that this WTO decision follows a recent WTO ruling against U.S. cotton subsidies. (JoC Online, dated 08/05/04, www.joc.com )
NPR -- with innovations in mind including off-the-shelf receivers for radio reading service -- will soon begin testing various digital audio codecs. The tests will focus on how much bandwidth is required to provide improved digital audio reading service, said Vp-Engineering Mike Starling. The preliminary results of the Corp. for Public Bcstg.-funded research on developing the “extended hybrid capabilities” of iBiquity’s in-band, on-channel (IBOC) technology will be presented to the FCC early next month, he said.
NPR -- with innovations in mind including off-the-shelf receivers for radio reading services -- will soon begin testing various digital audio codecs, Vp-Engineering Mike Starling told us.