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.
The EU chairman of the Committee for International Trade and a former U.S. trade representative predicted that the trade dispute between the U.S. and the EU is unlikely to subside soon due to "fundamental disagreements" over economic policy.
The opening salvos of President Donald Trump's aggressive trade actions in the first weeks of his administration may be a harbinger of what is to come in the next four years as trade experts predict an upending of the global trade system.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued Feb. 4. CVD rates range from 0.33% to 1.72% for Brazilian exporters, 1.21% to 41.4% for Canadian exporters, zero percent to 1.56% for Mexican exporters, and zero percent to 140.05% 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 a concurrent antidumping duty investigation on the same products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, with a preliminary determination expected on April 3.
CBP has shifted its forced labor enforcement efforts to the automotive and aerospace sectors in the first quarter of FY 2025, according to analysis from Kharon, a risk analytics platform.