The Commerce Department is amending the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (C-580-884) to correct a duty calculation for Hyundai Steel Company. In the final results of that review, covering calendar year 2017, Commerce assigned to Hyundai Steel Company, the mandatory respondent, a CV duty cash deposit rate of 0.51%.
The Coalition for a Prosperous America announced that it had asked CBP to investigate Chinese distribution company Shein for violating the prohibition on the import of goods made with forced labor.
African Growth and Opportunity Act benefits for Kenya need to continue as any trade partnership is formed, commenters said, especially the third-country fabric rule of origin.
As the finish line comes into sight for discussions with CBP on enforcement-related agency “challenge areas” under the 21st Century Customs Framework (21CCF), trade community participants now seek to steer the discourse toward facilitation and modernization opportunities that may prove crucial to getting buy-in from the trade industry.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of two separate antidumping duty administrative reviews on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (pipes and tubes) from Thailand (A-549-502) to align AD rates assigned to Pacific Pipe Public Co. Ltd., Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Co., Ltd., and Thai Premium Pipe Co. Ltd., in one review, and Saha Thai in the other review, with the results of two court cases challenging those final results.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea (C-580-837). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates of zero percent for two South Korean companies, a change from the preliminary results that had one of the companies above de minimis. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries in calendar year 2020.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative heard from business groups, businesses that offer traceability solutions and civil society groups, 45 in all, on how to shape a forced labor strategy -- but their views diverged strongly on what the approach should be.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on the floor of the Senate just before the CHIPS bill passed, said he wants the conference committee for the House and Senate China packages to continue negotiating.
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Importers of finished goods and manufacturing inputs told the International Trade Commission across three days of testimony that the Section 301 tariffs are damaging profit margins, and in some cases lead to layoffs. But some unions and manufacturers said the Section 301 tariffs are deserved for Chinese abuses, and with the tariffs in place, the goods they make are more competitive. The International Trade Commission is studying the efficacy of Section 301 and Section 232 tariffs, and their economic impact.