The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China (A-570-012/C-570-013), ceramic tile from China (A-570-108/C-570-109) and quartz surface products from Turkey and India (A-489-837/C-489-838, A-533-889/C-533-890), as well as the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Russia (A-821-817), Commerce said in a notice May 1.
The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971) for the period of review Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for seven of the companies for which the review had been requested -- Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC; HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products Co., Ltd.; Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc.; Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd. As well, Commerce is rescinding the review for Riverside Plywood Corporation and its cross-owned affiliates Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd., and Zhongshan Lianjia Flooring Co., Ltd. because Riverside Plywood withdrew its request for a review.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (C-570-017). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by June 2 of producers and exporters subject to 67 antidumping duty orders and 20 countervailing duty orders with May anniversary dates.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices May 5:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in a talk moderated by Mike Milken, a former trader pardoned by President Donald Trump for long-ago securities fraud, said that trade, tax cuts and deregulation are "interlocking parts of an engine designed to drive long-term investment in the American economy."
Both the Japanese government and Japanese reporters' coverage of Japan's more than two-hour talk with the U.S. trade representative, commerce secretary and treasury secretary describe politicians who are not in a hurry to settle to avoid 24% tariffs under the reciprocal tariff plan that is scheduled to take effect in early July.
Four Democratic senators brought small business owners to Congress for a press conference May 5 to condemn harm from President Donald Trump's tariffs and to announce legislation to create a tariff exemption for small businesses.
President Donald Trump, in a social media post, complained that other countries are offering "all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States," and that Hollywood and other U.S. regions "are being devastated." He said this is national security threat. "It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!"
Lisa Beth Brown is the new acting director of CBP’s Office of Trade Relations, a CBP spokesperson confirmed. Brown was most recently assistant director for trade operations at CBP's Seattle Field Office, and prior to that was area port director in Savannah and Blaine, Washington. Brown replaces George Bogden, who was reportedly forced out in late April (see 2504250035).