Countervailing duty investigations will continue on new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India and Sri Lanka, as will an antidumping duty investigation on off-road tires from India, after the International Trade Commission voted on Feb. 19 that there is a "reasonable indication" U.S. industry is injured by dumped and subsidized imports (here). However, the AD/CVD duty investigations on off-road tires from China will end because the commission found imports from the country were negligible. The Commerce Department will now consider whether to impose cash deposit requirements on off-road from India and Sri Lanka in its preliminary CV duty determinations, currently due April 4, and its preliminary AD determination on India, due June 16 (both deadlines may be postponed).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of biaxial integral amorphous silica fabric from China, it said in a fact sheet released Feb. 17 (here). A U.S. manufacturer requested the investigations on Jan. 19 (see 1601220011). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by March 7. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notice in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on pasta from Italy (A-475-818) (here). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
The Commerce Department is launching an anti-circumvention inquiry into imports of cut-to-length carbon steel plate (A-570-849) that have been modified through the addition of alloying elements, it said (here). Two domestic CTL plate producers say the alloys have no metallurgical purpose, and Chinese exporters have only started adding them to avoid paying antidumping duties.
When the federal government acquires digital data through surveillance, it should "eliminate the preliminary analysis of whether someone has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data and proceed directly to the issue of whether the collection is reasonable," said Robert Litt, general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), during an American Bar Association luncheon Tuesday. Speaking on the Fourth Amendment in the digital age, Litt addressed the furor over the past couple of years, citing a couple of court cases involving the NSA's discontinued bulk telephony metadata collection program and another surveillance program that involves copying Internet traffic.
When the federal government acquires digital data through surveillance, it should "eliminate the preliminary analysis of whether someone has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data and proceed directly to the issue of whether the collection is reasonable," said Robert Litt, general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), during an American Bar Association luncheon Tuesday. Speaking on the Fourth Amendment in the digital age, Litt addressed the furor over the past couple of years, citing a couple of court cases involving the NSA's discontinued bulk telephony metadata collection program and another surveillance program that involves copying Internet traffic.
The Court of International Trade allowed CBP to proceed with enhanced bonding requirements on an importer of garlic from China, finding on Feb. 11 that a preliminary antidumping duty rate calculated by the Commerce Department is sufficient basis to mandate a high single transaction bond. Premier Trading had requested an injunction, arguing Commerce’s decision was premature until the final results of an AD duty administrative review set an actual final rate. But CIT said Premier failed to cite specific laws and evidence in favor of the injunction, criticizing a “lack of candor” by the company’s lawyer.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Feb. 16 Federal Register 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 published notices in the Feb. 12 Federal Register 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):