The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on corrosion inhibitors from China (A-570-122/C-570-123). In the final results of these reviews, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Sept. 10, 2020, through Feb. 28, 2022, and CVD assessment rates for entries July 13, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2021.
NetChoice, which is seeking a preliminary injunction to block California’s age-appropriate social media design law, AB-2273, from taking effect in July 2024 (see 2303130003), agrees with California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) to postpone their April 13 initial case management conference until 30 days after there’s a final decision on NetChoice’s injunction motion, said their joint stipulation Monday (docket 5:22-cv-08861) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. They agree it would be “inefficient” to hold the conference before the injunction motion is resolved and the parties “have exhausted all opportunity for appeal,” it said. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for July 27.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on uncoated paper from Brazil (A-351-842). The agency calculated an AD rate of 7.17% for Suzano S.A., and a zero percent rate for Sylvamo do Brasil Ltda./Sylvamo Exports Ltda. Any changes to the cash deposit rates for these companies would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review. Once Commerce issues its final results, if there are no changes, the agency would assess antidumping duties at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from Suzano entered between March 1, 2021, and Feb. 28, 2022, it said. Entries from Sylvamo would be liquidated without regard to AD.
While T-Mobile appeals to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for Northern California should stay enforcement of the California Public Utilities Commission’s order to shift to a connections-based USF contribution method, T-Mobile and subsidiaries said Monday. T-Mobile gave notice of its appeal earlier that day (see 2304030056). The 9th Circuit assigned the appeal Tuesday to docket 23-15490. The district court should either stay enforcement of the CPUC rule pending appeal or issue an administrative stay pending a 9th Circuit decision on a forthcoming motion for stay pending appeal, T-Mobile said in case 3:23-cv-00483-LB. Since the USF order took effect Saturday, plaintiffs want a ruling by April 7, it said. "The balance of the equities supports grant of a stay. Plaintiffs made a strong, unrebutted showing of irreparable harm, and the CPUC made no contrary showing.” A stay won’t harm the CPUC, T-Mobile added. The carrier also filed a motion to shorten the briefing schedule for responding to its stay request. Defendants don’t object to a proposed schedule where the agency would respond by Thursday and T-Mobile could respond to the commission Friday, the carrier said. "Shortening Defendants’ time to respond to the motion will not impose any prejudice on the CPUC, which has been on notice of Plaintiffs’ intent to stay enforcement of the Connections-Based Rule since before the filing of Plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion on February 1, 2023.” The court grants the motion to shorten time as proposed, it said in a text entry Tuesday. NARUC would likely file an amicus brief at the 9th Circuit supporting the CPUC, the state regulator association’s General Counsel Brad Ramsay told us. “It is patently obvious [that] a $1.11 fee doesn’t burden the federal fund nor is it inconsistent with the federal program,” he emailed. “Charging all competitors the same flat fee is the definition of ‘competitively neutral.’”
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices April 4-5 on AD/CVD proceedings:
T-Mobile appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a district court refused to stop California from switching to a connections-based method for state USF contribution. The carrier notified the U.S. District Court for Northern California about the appeal Monday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler late Friday denied the motion of T-Mobile and its subsidiaries for a preliminary injunction that sought to block the California Public Utilities Commission's change to a $1.11 monthly per-line fee from the previous revenue-based mechanism. "The new rule is different from the FCC rule, but the plaintiffs did not establish that it is inconsistent and preempted,” said Beeler's order in case 3:23-cv-00483. The CPUC order took effect Saturday." The CPUC didn’t comment on T-Mobile’s appeal. The carrier didn’t comment on the court decision.
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on acetone from South Korea (A-580-899). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for both companies under review, Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc. and LG Chem, Ltd. If the agency's findings are continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from KPB and LG Chem entered March 1, 2021, through Feb. 28, 2022, will not be assessed AD, and future entries from these two companies will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. Any changes to their cash deposit rates would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, which are due in August.
The Commerce Department published the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of cold-drawn mechanical tubing of new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India (C-533-870). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain cold-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (A-580-881). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Sept. 1, 2020, through Aug. 31, 2021.
T-Mobile appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a district court refused to stop California from switching to a connections-based method for state USF contribution. The carrier notified the U.S. District Court for Northern California about the appeal Monday.