U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, speaking at the University of Chicago, sidestepped a question about whether the administration would change the Section 301 tariffs, saying that although "there's a lot of drama and emotion around tariffs," the China tariffs are "the least interesting aspect of the management of our trade and economic relationship."
U.S. priorities during the World Trade Organization's upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference should center on extending the moratorium on e-commerce duties and advancing the second wave of talks on curbing harmful fisheries subsidies, witnesses said at a Feb. 7 hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 6, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Forbes reported that Walmart's online platform and Amazon have listings for canned tomatoes or tomato paste from the brands Nina, Gino and Zehrat Safa, and it said those brands are produced by Heibei Tomato Industry. That Chinese company says on "its website that 'raw materials come from Xinjiang,'" the article said.
Trade groups representing importers of motor vehicles are asking the Interagency Autos Committee to advocate for allowing used cars made during the NAFTA years to enter duty free if those vehicles qualified for NAFTA benefits, and to make it easier to prove that cars built since July 1, 2020, qualify for USMCA tariff benefits.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 6 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). Commerce continued to find that the one company under review -- VidaXL Ningbo Industry Co., Ltd. -- isn't eligible for a separate rate and is part of the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 216.01%.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on certain walk-behind lawn mowers and parts thereof from China (C-570-130). The agency calculated a new CVD cash deposit rate for Ningbo Daye Garden Machinery Co., Ltd., the only company under review. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries Oct. 30, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2021.
Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations launched a year ago on tin mill products from eight countries will all end without the imposition of AD/CVD, after the International Trade Commission on Feb. 6 ended its investigations of the remaining countries under investigation without finding injury.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4: