International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
The Court of International Trade held that Section 1318(a) of the Trade Act of 1930, which lets the president grant duty-free treatment to certain goods "for use in emergency relief work," doesn't cover solar cells and modules. As a result, Judge Timothy Reif vacated the Commerce Department's duty "pause" on collection of antidumping duties and countervailing duties on solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam that were set to be collected from the four countries due to an anti-circumvention proceeding.
President Donald Trump said that the administration will petition the Supreme Court on Sept. 3 to make an "expedited ruling" on the legality of tariffs he imposed on every country through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Vietnam-based Southern International Co. (SIC) has accused Daynamez Group of Companies of Fairfax, Virginia, of failing to reserve cargo space with carriers despite receiving full payment of more than $2.4 million to do so for 558 containers, according to a complaint filed Aug. 26 with the Federal Maritime Commission.
Australian small businesses were given too little time to comply with the U.S. decision to end the de minimis exemption for low-value imports (see 2508280062), said Don Farrell, Australia’s trade minister. Farrell said he raised Australia’s "disappointment" earlier in the week with U.S. Trade Representative General Counsel Jennifer Thornton, adding that the move is mostly hurting “mum and dad operations that have had a successful product going into” the U.S.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 29 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 29 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 has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from South Korea (A-580-897). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from three producers and exporters, SeAH Steel Corporation and Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (HSP is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel), and 21 non-individually examined companies that was entered May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department is correcting a company listed in the recent final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (C-475-841) for setting final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered in calendar year 2023.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on corrosion-resistant steel products from Brazil (C-351-863), Canada (C-122-872), Mexico (C-201-864) and Vietnam (C-552-844), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations.