The Commerce Department has issued the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Turkey (C-489-843). This review covers subject merchandise from the one exporter under review entered during the period Sept. 9, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on strontium chromate from France (A-427-830). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from one producer and exporter requested for review, Société Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ), that was entered Nov. 1, 2020, through Oct. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 3 on AD/CVD proceedings:
AT&T and T-Mobile don't believe “that substantive settlement discussions would be productive” on AT&T’s Sept. 6 complaint alleging T-Mobile’s BannedSeniors.com ad and marketing campaign is rife with falsehoods, in violation of the Lanham Act, said the two sides in a joint rule 26(f) report Tuesday (docket 4:22-cv-00760) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas in Sherman. “As a result, no formal settlement demands or offers have been exchanged,” they said.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 2 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 released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from South Korea (C-580-898). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2020.
The Commerce Department on Nov. 2 released an antidumping duty order on sodium nitrite from Russia (A-821-836). The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping determinations that preserved mushrooms from Poland (A-455-806), Spain (A-469-825) and the Netherlands (A-821-815) are being sold at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Nov. 3, the scheduled publication date of these preliminary determinations in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that white grape juice concentrate from Argentina (A-357-825) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Nov. 3, the date this preliminary determination is due to be published in the Federal Register.
The U.S. should take action against TikTok to prevent sensitive U.S. personal data from being collected by the app’s Chinese owner, said Brendan Carr, one of five commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission. “I don’t believe there is a path forward for anything other than a ban," Carr told Axios, according to a Nov. 1 report by the news outlet. Carr added that there isn't "a world in which you could come up with sufficient protection on the data that you could have sufficient confidence that it’s not finding its way back into the hands of the [Chinese Communist Party]."