Mexico's Diario Oficial of July 12 lists a notice from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
Mexico could hit U.S. exports with trade sanctions in retaliation for new U.S. dolphin-safe tuna labeling regulations, said the Mexican Ministry of Economy in a press release. “Mexico will challenge before the [World Trade Organization] that the United States has failed to comply with its WTO obligations,” the Ministry of Economy said. “Once the U.S. violation is confirmed by the WTO, Mexico will be in a position to impose trade sanctions against the United States, for which it will consider suspending benefits across a variety of sectors.”
The U.S. International Trade Commission released “The Year in Trade 2012,” its annual overview of the previous year's trade-related activities. The Year in Trade 2012 includes complete listings of antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, intellectual property rights infringement, and section 301 cases undertaken by the U.S. government in 2012. In addition, the report covers:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the July 15 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by Aug. 7 on public interest factors that should affect its consideration of whether to bar imports of patent-infringing imports of 3G wireless devices from Huawei, Nokia, and ZTE. An administrative law judge recommended the ITC issue a limited exclusion order against 3G devices from the three companies that infringe InterDigital’s patents, as well as cease and desist orders against import and sale of infringing products by Huawei and Nokia. The ITC began the Section 337 investigation in August 2011 (see 11082630).
The Commerce Department published notices in the July 15 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 issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840). In a change from its preliminary results, the agency found a de minimis AD rate for Devi Fisheries. It continued to find a zero AD rate for Falcon. Commerce will now direct CBP to liquidate entries of subject merchandise during the period of review from Devi and Falcon without regard to AD duties, and will not collect a cash deposit on such entries until further notice. Subject merchandise from about 190 companies will be subject to a 3.49% cash deposit rate, while all other companies that aren't named in the notice and don't have AD rates established in previous reviews will be subject to the "all others" 10.17% AD rate. The new rates are effective July 16, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand (A-549-822). The agency rescinded the review for 12 companies that didn't export to the U.S. during the period of review. But it assigned zero AD rates to 149 other Thai companies, including mandatory respondents Marine Gold and Thai Union, as well as 147 non-individually reviewed companies.
A U.S. producer and importer of diamond sawblades asked the International Trade Commission to consider whether the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades from China should be revoked. Husqvarna Construction Products North America on July 11 requested an ITC changed circumstances review to revisit the trade agency’s 2008 finding of threat of injury by Chinese imports. According to the self-described “largest domestic producer of diamond sawblades,” shifts in the industry have reduced competition between foreign and domestic products. And the 2008 injury finding was voided by Commerce’s revocation of the AD order on diamond sawblades from South Korea in 2011, Husqvarna said.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking for comments by Sept. 13 on a petition from advocacy groups to set a mandatory standard for window covering cords. The petition requests that the commission ban window covering cords when a cord is unnecessary, and asks that CPSC require all window covering cords be made inaccessible through the use of a passive guardian device. According to CPSC, the petition says the voluntary standards currently in place are insufficient to protect children from choking, and the amount of recalls demonstrate that the standard isn’t being followed anyway. The petition was filed by: Parents for Window Blind Safety; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers Union; Kids in Danger; Public Citizen; U.S. PIRG; Independent Safety Consulting; Safety Behavior Analysis, Inc.; and Onder, Shelton, O’Leary & Peterson.