The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by September 15, 2004 regarding two "commercial availability" petitions it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Fishman & Tobin:
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a report entitled The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints, the fourth update in a series of biennial reports to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) concerning Investigation No. 332-325.
Washington Trade Daily reports that on August 30, 2004 the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body upheld an earlier ruling by a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel that dismissed U.S. unfair trade allegations against Canada's Wheat Board. (In April 2004, the WTO Dispute Settlement Panel agreed with the U.S. that Canada's grain distribution system was unfair and violates Canada's WTO obligations, but found against the U.S. with respect to its claims that certain practices of the CWB are unfair.) (WTD dated 08/31/04, www.washingtontradedaily.com.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective September 29, 2004, which amends 19 CFR Parts 12 and 24 in order to eliminate the patent survey program.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has recently posted to its Web site an updated list of current antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders.
ITC Issues Limited Exclusion Order for Certain Display Controllers and Products Containing Same, Etc
The International Trade Comission (ITC) has issued a limited exclusion order in its section 337 consolidated investigation of certain display controllers and products containing same and certain display controllers with upscaling functionality and products containing same. The ITC has also announced that these consolidated investigations are terminated.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has scheduled the next Customs Broker License Examination for Monday, October 4, 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a preliminary negative countervailing (CV) duty determination on live swine from Canada finding that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers or exporters of live swine from Canada.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) is announcing that it has instituted a "Section 129" Consistency Proceeding in order to issue a determination that would render its actions in connection with the antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) investigations on softwood lumber from Canada "not inconsistent" with the findings of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel.