National Religious Broadcasters CEO Troy Miller praised President Donald Trump and a preliminary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in a news release Thursday. “We acknowledge with gratitude the tireless perseverance, strategic vision, and dedication of President Donald J. Trump and his administration in pushing forward a diplomatic path toward peace,” Miller said. “NRB has long been a steadfast champion of Israel and a vocal advocate for her right to live in peace and security in her biblical homeland.”
A Mississippi law that requires parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers poses significant privacy concerns and violates the First Amendment, according to a horde of amicus briefs filed Thursday. The briefs asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with NetChoice and strike down the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.
The Commerce Department improperly found that the plain language of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on chassis and subassemblies thereof from China cover Vietnamese chassis with Chinese-origin components, the Court of International Trade held on Oct. 8. Judge Claire Kelly said the orders "contain multiple ambiguities," including "when components are included within the scope of the Orders," when third-country operations exclude the individual components from the orders, and the meaning of "subassemblies ... whether ... assembled or unassembled."
During oral argument held Sept. 3 at the Court of International Trade, Judge Mark Barnett expressed skepticism about an argument that negative antidumping duty and countervailing duty determinations regarding a product preclude the Commerce Department from starting circumvention inquiries into the same product (SeAH Steel Vina Corp. v. United States, CIT Consol. # 23-00256, -00257, -00258).
The Commerce Department erred in deciding to "smooth" antidumping duty respondent Prolamsa's production costs in the 2022-23 administrative review of the AD order on heavy walled rectangular carbon welded steel pipes and tubes from Mexico, Prolamsa argued in an Oct. 3 complaint at the Court of International Trade (Productos Laminados de Monterrey v. United States, CIT # 25-00195).
A Florida law that would ban kids from social media doesn't violate the First Amendment, said Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) in a brief filed Friday that asks a federal court to reverse a preliminary injunction on the law.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Oct. 3 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain (Commerce case number A-469-814) (CBP case number A-470-814). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the one company under review entered June 2023 through May 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837), calculating a 1.06% AD rate for Nan Ya Plastics Corp. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Nan Ya entered between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, would be assessed AD at importer-specific rates.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Malaysia (A-557-819). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set an assessment rate for subject merchandise for the three companies under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.