The Chamber of Progress, CTA and six other nonprofits support the development of features to keep kids safe online, but they’re concerned that California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, AB-2273, “restricts websites from exercising their First Amendment rights to moderate content,” said their amicus brief Wednesday (docket 23-2969) in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief supports NetChoice and affirming the district court's preliminary injunction that bars California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing AB-2273 (see 2309190006).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 16 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping duty investigations on paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as new countervailing duty investigations on paper plates from China and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet Feb. 15. The underlying petition was filed in January (see 2401260030). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by March 11. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Feb. 16 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a substantial interest in the resolution of NetChoice’s constitutional challenge to AB-2273, California’s social media law, because it “implicates the stability” of the internet economy and “core constitutional rights of participants in that economy,” said the Chamber’s amicus brief Wednesday (docket 23-2969) at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief supports NetChoice’s challenge and affirmance of the district court’s preliminary injunction blocking California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing AB-2273 (see 2309190006).
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for Western Louisiana in Monroe granted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his co-plaintiffs, Children’s Health Defense and Connie Sampognaro, their motion for a preliminary injunction, barring officials from the White House and four federal agencies from coercing social media platforms to moderate their content, said his signed memorandum ruling Wednesday (docket 3:23-cv-00381).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 15, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 15 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia (A-557-813). Commerce calculated a 1.61% AD rate for Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and its affiliate Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd., the only exporters under review. Subject merchandise from Euro SME entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, will be assessed AD duties at importer-specific rates. The new 1.61% AD cash deposit rate takes effect for Euro SME and its affiliate Feb. 15, the date these final results were published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Feb. 15 on AD/CVD proceedings: