The Council of the European Union on Sept. 29 adopted a revised carbon border adjustment mechanism that's expected to exempt 90% of European importers from the new rules, representing the final hurdle before the rules can take effect.

A new report from Rethink Trade, an anti-corporate trade nonprofit, says that while the USMCA's Rapid Response mechanism has helped tens of thousands of workers in Mexico, unions and Rethink Trade will push for changes to the mechanism in the USMCA review.

The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on allegations that Sony, TCL Industries Holdings and their subsidiaries are importing and selling smart television sets that infringe patents held by Cerence Operating Company (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1461), it said in a notice to be published Sept. 30.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 26-29 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on raw honey from Brazil (A-351-857). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the 14 companies remaining under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.

The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) based on the final decision in a Court of International Trade case challenging those final results.

The Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on paper file folders from Sri Lanka (A-542-806). The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce now will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.

The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The orders, published Sept. 29, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.

The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of silicon metal from Angola and Laos, it said in a fact sheet issued Sept. 26.

The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of chassis from Mexico (A-201-865), Thailand (A-549-854) and Vietnam (A-552-849) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency has imposed AD cash deposit requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Sept. 29.