The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (C-570-991). The agency calculated new CVD cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. There were slight changes to the preliminary results of this review that affected the rates calculated for the two respondents, increasing them (from 4.53% and 3.58%, respectively). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is notifying the Office of Management and Budget that it's planning to continue to collect information and data related to the potential introduction or spread of diseases resulting from the importation of small and exotic ruminants, it said in a Federal Register notice this week.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is planning to revise the U.S. standards for grades of lemons by adding a definition for "seedless lemons," it said in a Federal Register notice released Sept. 10. AMS also plans to incorporate marking requirements for lemons meeting the seedless definition, the notice said. Comments on these proposed changes are due Nov. 10.
Two Republican senators took to the Senate floor this week to reiterate their support for increasing sanctions on Russia to pressure it to end its war against Ukraine.
President Donald Trump posted on social media that he is "pleased to announce" that trade negotiations addressing trade barriers between India and the U.S. are continuing. He added: "I look forward to speaking with my very good friend, Prime Minister Modi, in the upcoming weeks. I feel certain that there will be no difficulty in coming to a successful conclusion for both of our Great Countries!"
Nike reached a settlement with importer City Ocean International and freight forwarder City Ocean Logistics in Nike's case against the companies for trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, trademark dilution, importation of goods bearing infringing marks and violation of the Tariff Act. The terms of the settlement weren't disclosed, though Nike dismissed its complaint with prejudice, meaning it can't be refiled (Nike v. Eastern Ports Custom Brokers, D.N.J. # 2:11-04390).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 9, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Nine legislative days before three trade preference programs expire, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, said both he and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., are working to make sure the tariff breaks for these developing countries continue past Sept. 30.
Michael Granston, former deputy assistant attorney general for the Commercial Litigation Branch in DOJ's Civil Division, has rejoined Covington as a partner in the False Claims Act investigations and litigation practice group, the firm announced. Granston worked at DOJ for nearly 30 years, serving as deputy assistant attorney general since 2019, where he managed litigation and enforcement of FCA, international trade and intellectual property matters. Before going to DOJ, he was an associate in Covington’s litigation and white collar practice groups.