The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Taiwan (A-583-854). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from four exporters remaining in the review that was entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand (A-549-502). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from mandatory respondent Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Co., Ltd., and for the unexamined company, Thai Premium Pipe Co. Ltd., entered March 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of slag pots from China (C-570-197), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of a CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect April 3.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 1-2, 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 and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices April 3 on AD/CVD proceedings:
President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact his sweeping "retaliatory" tariffs (see 2504020086) has drawn serious speculation about whether the statute can serve as a proper basis for invoking the tariffs. Trade lawyers told us that potential issues arising from the use of IEEPA include the existence of tariff-making authority to address trade deficits under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, the "major questions" doctrine and the way in which the tariffs were calculated.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 2 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements took effect April 3 for imports of overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China (C-570-187) and India (C-533-937) after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.
NetChoice urged the U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee Tuesday to follow the recent decision in NetChoice, LLC v. Griffin and grant a preliminary injunction against a law requiring age verification before accessing social media accounts (see 2504010044).
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices April 2 on AD/CVD proceedings: