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The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Dec. 16:
The U.S. may consider imposing new import tariffs on older generation semiconductors from China, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said.
Nearly half of U.S. companies surveyed by the Bureau of Industry and Security this year said they didn’t know whether their products contained any Chinese-made, mature-node semiconductors, BIS said in a summary of those survey results released Dec. 6.
One day after the U.S. published a new set of semiconductor-related export controls aimed at China (see 2412020016), Beijing announced a ban on certain key critical minerals and other dual-use items being shipped to the U.S. for military uses.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on float glass from Malaysia and China. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. Vitro Flat Glass and its subsidiaries requested the investigation.
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Nov. 30 on a Section 337 complaint filed by International Semiconductor Group against Dell, HP, Lenovo and their subsidiaries for allegedly infringing patents held by the complainant on wireless communication devices, the ITC said in a notice to be published Nov. 22. According to the complaint, International Semiconductor is seeking a permanent limited exclusion order against the respondents barring "certain wireless communication devices and components thereof that infringe valid and enforceable patents owned by ISG" from entry into the U.S.
Trump transition team members may have already drafted an executive order hiking tariffs on Chinese imports, said Peterson Institute for International Economics fellow Mary Lovely, during a webinar moderated by former European commissioner and now PIIE fellow Cecilia Malmstrom.
In addition to tariff hikes expected in 2025, trade experts are also thinking about the 2026 review of USMCA, and the investment and supply chain planning uncertainty that is likely to follow.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 14 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):