A group of former U.S. trade representatives, spanning the presidencies of George H.W. Bush through Barack Obama, offered support for trade deals that expand market access for American producers, though they differed on how best to achieve this.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 13 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 recently issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on isposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China (A-570-170/C-570-171). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
Retroactive suspension of liquidation and antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect for acidic solid 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid from China entered on or after Dec. 19, 2024, the Commerce Department said in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry.
The Commerce Department will soon suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of float glass products from China and Malaysia, it said in a fact sheet issued May 13. The CVD rates will range from 11.41% to 891.62% for Chinese exporters and 19.09% to 101.99% for Malaysian exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Commerce is conducting concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same product from China, with a preliminary determination expected by July 9.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of erythritol from China, it said in a fact sheet issued May 13. The CVD rates will range from 3.29 % to 3.49% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Commerce is conducting concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same product from China, with a preliminary determination expected by July 11.
On May 9-12, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices May 13:
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are asking the Trump administration to share more information about their negotiations with countries after the president imposed emergency tariffs on every country.
A coalition of food producers, including the American Honey Producers Association, the Catfish Farmers of America, the Crawfish Processors Alliance, the Louisiana Farm Bureau Crawfish Committee, and the Southern Shrimp Alliance, sent a letter May 9 asking President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on "unfairly traded imports" of products similar to theirs.