Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 16, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The 15th round of negotiations for the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (similar to a free trade agreement) will be in Canberra, Australia, April 23-27, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said. Among the issues that will be discussed are trade in goods and services, investment, rules of origin, and food supply.
The APEC Conference on Innovation and Trade was held in Singapore from April 4 to 5 under the leadership of Japan, reports Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. At this conference, participants, including government officials, entrepreneurs, investors, large companies and researchers, discussed, among other things, roles of the governments, business environments, social infrastructures, such as information and communications technology (ICT), human resource development (entrepreneur education), and advancing a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP). These results will be reported to the leaders at the APEC Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade in June 2012 and other meetings.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for April 16, 2012:
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission announced a hearing on April 19, 2012, in Washington, D.C. This hearing, the USCC's fourth during its 2012 report cycle to collect input from academic, industry, and government experts on national security implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with China, will examine the economic, security, and foreign policy aspects of the China-Europe relationship, and their implications for the U.S. Written statements are due from interested parties by April 18, 2012. Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 16, 2012, 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 determined on April 13, 2012 that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of drawn stainless steel sinks from China that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, the ITA will continue to conduct its countervailing and antidumping duty investigations on imports of this product from China, with its preliminary countervailing duty determination due on or about May 25, 2012, and its preliminary antidumping duty determination due on or about August 8, 2012. Subsequent ITC notice (FR Pub 04/20/12) available here. (ITA Case No. A-570-983 / C-570-984; ITC Case No. 701-TA-489 / 731-TA-1201)
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 16, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration issued the initiation and preliminary results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from China (A-570-875), in response to a request by Ford Motor Co. that the ITA revoke, in part, the AD order with respect to a particular brake fluid tube connector. The connector is a “joint block” for brake fluid tubes and is made of non-malleable cast iron to Society of Automotive Engineers (SEA) automotive standard J431. The ITA said the domestic industry has affirmatively expressed a lack of interest in the continuation of the order with respect to this product. Therefore, The ITA intends to revoke, in part, the AD order as it relates to imports of the connector described above from China.
The International Trade Administration issued a correction to its notice of initiation of the countervailing duty investigation of drawn stainless steel sinks from China (C-570-984). In the scope of the original CV initiation notice, the ITA omitted a word and used an incomplete Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number.