The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of low carbon steel wire from Mexico that are subsequently being processed in the U.S. into welded wire mesh, the Commerce Department said in its preliminary determination in an anti-circumvention inquiry. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are retroactive to April 2, 2024, for entries from Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V., and take effect Sept. 16, 2025, for entries from all other Mexican companies.
The Commerce Department has set new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from China (A-570-200), after finding sales at less than fair value by Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect for entries on or after Sept. 16.
On Sept. 15, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Vietnamese government said it sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, asking Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration "to reconsider their decision to refuse to recognize the equivalent of 12 Vietnamese seafood fishing occupations in order to avoid serious disruptions to bilateral trade and protect the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fishermen and workers."
The Internal Revenue Service has added 39 chemical substances to its list of taxable substances under the Superfund tax on chemical substances, it said in a Federal Register notice. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, imports of these 39 substances will be subject to excise tax.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking views on how the USMCA is working, as the three participating countries begin a joint review of the pact in July 2026.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., issued a report that he said shows how the president is using agencies in a "pay-to-play scheme," including in the case of a lifted withhold release order for forced labor.
House Republicans stopped an effort to end the 40% additional tariffs on some Brazilian imports in an evening vote Sept. 15, though two Republicans voted with Democrats. Democrats, led by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., sought to force a vote on the matter through a discharge petition, which can force a vote on a matter the House leadership does not want to take up. The effort came up short by a margin of 200-198.
When asked whether a broader trade agreement might be reached with China, beyond the current tariff truce, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said each of the four meetings has become more productive. There will need to be a fifth meeting before the truce expires Nov. 10, he told CNBC from London on Sept. 16. "I think the Chinese now sense a trade deal is more possible," he said.
President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters just ahead of a visit to King Charles III in England, said the U.K. government would like to "refine the trade deal a little bit ... I'm into helping them." He added, "They'd like to see if they can get a little bit better deal, so we'll talk to them."