The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 20-26:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 27, 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.
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 Trump administration may be beginning to favor the use of trade policy tools like tariffs to replace sanctions to compel foreign policy, researchers said on a podcast hosted by the Center for a New American Security last week.
After the Trump administration released a memo outlining the scope of trade action to be taken during his term, one thing became clear, according to a variety of trade attorneys: antidumping duty and countervailing duty rates are about to soar.
President Donald Trump announced his intention to use tariffs to force countries to accept planes full of their deported citizens, as well as new sector specific targets beyond steel and aluminum.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 27 on the following antidumping and countervailing (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 finalized its determination that imports of aluminum wire and cable, finished in South Korea and Vietnam using inputs from China, are circumventing AD/CVD orders on aluminum wire and cable from China (A-570-095/C-570-096), it said in notices published in the Jan. 27 Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on paper plates from China (C-570-165) and Vietnam (C-552-840). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Oct. 29, 2024, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on paper plates from China (A-570-164), Thailand (A-549-849) and Vietnam (A-552-839). Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect Jan. 28.