A joint Cybersecurity Advisory highlighted the threat of targeted Russian hacking of Western logistics companies involved in aid shipments to Ukraine, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced on May 21.
Logistics solutions software provider WiseTech Global Limited is acquiring supply chain software-as-a-service platform e2open, the companies announced May 25.
Members of the EU Parliament's Committee on International Trade are in Washington this week to discuss political, trade and investment relations between the U.S. and the EU. The delegation, led by committee Chair Bernd Lange of Germany, will hold meetings May 27-29 with various U.S. agencies, lawmakers, business groups, trade union representatives, think tanks and academia. They will specifically talk about "how the tariffs imposed by the US administration are being applied, how business is adapting to the tariffs and how can EU-US trade tensions be eased moving forward," Parliament said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 27 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 27 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 published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on xanthan gum from China (A-570-985). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of active anode material from China (A-570-195), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after May 28, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is removing requirements governing the mandatory inspection and pesticide testing for imported tobacco that were established under the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983, as the requirements reflect obsolete business practices, it said in a notice released May 27.
Correction: Higher country-specific reciprocal tariff rates imposed on some countries April 9 then suspended for 90 days that same day are set to resume effect July 9 (see 2505220009, 2505020060, 2505090006, 2505090061, 2505220008 and 2505010054).
President Donald Trump, after speaking to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on May 25, said it would be his "privilege" to give talks between the EU and the U.S. the same runway as other talks to avoid a hike in reciprocal tariffs.