The U.S. requested three more panels under the rapid response labor mechanism in the USMCA to investigate three Mexican manufacturing facilities. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said that the U.S. and Mexico "were not able to agree on a plan for the full resolution of workers’ concerns at their facilities," and so USTR activated the dispute settlement panel under USMCA.
Oren Dennett
Oren Dennett, Assistant Editor, International Trade Today and its sister publications Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. He covers the U.S. International Trade Commission and Customs and Border Protection. He previously worked as an Army officer at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Fort Myer, Virginia. Oren graduated with a degree in International History and Russian Language from the United States Military Academy in 2019 and lives in Washington, D.C. He joined Warren Communications News in 2024.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of tungsten shot from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Dec. 17. CVD rates range from 73.75% to 352.2% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Commerce is conducting a concurrent AD investigation of the same, with a preliminary determination expected by Feb. 12.
Embossing and foil labeling operations don't constitute a use or materially change the goods, and such products are therefore eligible for unused merchandise drawback and in the same condition for the purpose of claiming drawback under USMCA, CBP determined in a recent ruling.