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.
One of the lawyers representing five importers suing President Donald Trump over his emergency tariffs said that the president's approach to tariffs, constantly threatening various new rates, sometimes backing off, and sometimes not, isn't just a "menace to the economy," it also "is totally at odds with the rule of law."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 23, 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 will soon seek Office of Management and Budget approval for a series of recently announced changes to its Global Business Identifier pilot, according to a notice released May 27. That includes an expansion of identifiers used in the pilot, as well as of entities involved. Comments are due July 28, and summaries of the comments will be included along with the submission to OMB.
CBP announced in a May 27 cargo systems message that the ACE support biweekly trade call "has been discontinued until further notice." The agency didn't give a reason for the halt in service.