Japan will likely seek negotiation and exceptions to U.S. tariffs rather than respond with retaliatory measures, one expert predicted at an event hosted by Japan House LA on March 10.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of thermoformed molded fiber products from China and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued March 10. The CVD rates will range from 5.99% to 153.25% for Chinese exporters, and from 3.39% to 173.51% for Vietnamese 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 concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same products from China and Vietnam, with preliminary determinations expected by May 6.
The United States is interested in negotiating a new free trade agreement with India, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told an Indian audience on March 8.
Powdered sugar processed and packaged in Mexico using U.S.-origin refined sugar imported by Batory Foods and Rafi Industries is not subject to the agreements suspending antidumping and countervailing duties on sugar from Mexico (A-201-845/C-201-846), the Commerce Department announced in a Feb. 28 scope ruling. The department also recommended imposing a certification requirement for the imported sugar.
Senators and witnesses called for the adoption of free trade agreements with Latin American countries to stave off Chinese influence in the region through trade, during a March 5 hearing on advancing American interests in the Western Hemisphere.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of hexamine from China and India, it said in a fact sheet issued March 3. A CVD rate is set at 420.53% for Chinese exporters, and ranges from 2.32% to 139.55% for Indian 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 concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same products from China, Germany, India and Saudi Arabia, with preliminary determinations expected on April 29.
Senators and witnesses called for greater protection for shipping companies that are the victims of cargo theft, saying that CBP penalizes them unfairly, during a Feb. 27 hearing on the rise in cargo theft.
Mexico should remain an attractive option for importers despite volatility from U.S. tariff threats, Mexico-based trade lawyer Alejandro Gomez argued during a Feb. 26 webinar hosted by In-House Connect, with lawyers from Foley & Lardner.
China used forced labor from North Korean nationals on its tuna fishing vessels, advocacy group Environmental Justice Foundation said in a report published Feb. 23. EJF found evidence that North Koreans worked on 12 Chinese vessels and were subject to "physical abuse, verbal abuse and excessive overtime."
The reciprocal tariffs the Trump administration has promised will present a challenge for CBP to enforce, trade lawyers said during a webinar presented by Baker McKenzie on Feb. 20.