The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of active anode material from China (A-570-195), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after May 28, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The European Commission said Tuesday it's investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos for violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA) that affect minors.
NetChoice filed a brief on Tuesday asking the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with a district court’s previous ruling and block the Utah attorney general from enforcing a law regulating social media and minors on First Amendment and privacy grounds.
A New York-led coalition of states filed an amended complaint against President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department on Friday, re-emphasizing the need to stop those without proper training and vetting from accessing personally identifiable information (PII) in Treasury data systems. This second complaint alleges violations of the Take Care Clause, the separation of powers doctrine and violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 23, 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 Court of International Trade on May 23 assigned a case challenging the elimination of the de minimis threshold on goods from China to Judges Gary Katzmann, Timothy Reif and Jane Restani. The court has assigned these same three judges to all cases challenging President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 27 heard arguments concerning the government's motion to transfer a case challenging International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs to the Court of International Trade and two importers' bid for a preliminary injunction against the tariffs. Judge Rudolph Contreras asked the government about what remedy the court could impose should it find for the plaintiffs and about the merits of the importers' claim that IEEPA doesn't provide for tariffs (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump, D. D.C. # 25-01248).
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on epoxy resins from South Korea (A-580-919), Taiwan (A-583-876) and Thailand (A-549-850), and countervailing duty orders on epoxy resins from Taiwan (C-583-877) and South Korea (C-580-920). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may take place only under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from China (A-570-160/C-570-161) and India (A-533-922/C-570-923). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may take place only under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CV duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.