On Jan. 12, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
A bipartisan House bill to consolidate CBP positions is scheduled to get a vote this week. Introduced by Reps. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., and Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., the measure would eliminate job descriptions of import specialist, entry specialist, national account manager, international trade specialist, drawback specialist and national import specialist, consolidating those duties under the job of global trade specialist. The bill previously passed out of the Ways and Means Committee unanimously (see 2311070066).
The House and the Senate have agreed to temporarily fund the federal government through March 1 or March 8, depending on the agency. The continuing resolution in place now ends, for some agencies, on Jan. 19. The two chambers still need to vote on the legislation to extend funding beyond the end of this week.
An agreement between the chairmen of the House Ways and Means and the Senate Finance committees includes authorization for the administration to negotiate a fix to tax laws for foreign investment in Taiwan but doesn't include a renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 8-14:
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 Jan. 12, 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.
A new update on the “ACE Tips for Filing EPA Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)” tip sheet has been made available, CBP said in a CSMS message on Jan. 16. The tip sheet clarifies that either an ASHRAE number or the CAS number(s) with percent composition are required. Filers shouldn't submit both the ASHRAE and the CAS numbers, CBP said. The HFC PGA message set deployed on Jan. 16 (see 2401110066).
CBP recently affirmed an Enforce and Protect Act determination that found Lionshead Specialty Tire & Wheel, TexTrail and Trailstar evaded antidumping and countervailing duties on trailer wheels from China by transshipping Chinese-origin subject merchandise through Thailand, CBP said in a de novo administrative review of an EAPA investigation.
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