Senators criticized both Congress and the administration's lack of action to use lower tariffs to build relationships in the developing world, at a Foreign Relations Committee hearing on strategic competition with China. The hearing, which was meant to focus on China's influence in Africa, Latin America and Europe, and what the U.S. could do to counter it, was held July 30.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 22-28:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 29, 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.
CBP is investigating whether four companies evaded antidumping duties when importing monosodium glutamate (MSG) from China or Indonesia, and is imposing interim measures in the form of suspension of liquidation and the collection of antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposits, among other things, according to a July 29 announcement.
Higher or new Section 301 tariffs on lithium-ion batteries for EVs, lead-acid battery parts, golf-cart like EVs, electric cars, vans and buses, plug-in hybrids, ship-to-shore cranes, solar cells, solar panels, syringes, needles, three categories of disposable masks, 26 critical minerals, more than 100 HTS codes covering iron and steel products, and 31 aluminum HTS codes, all on imports from China, will not go up on Aug. 1, as originally announced two months ago (see 2405220072).
The Commerce Department said it is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on mattresses from China (A-570-092) for the period of review Dec. 1, 2022, through Nov. 30, 2023, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by any of the 44 companies listed in the review initiation notice during the review period. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.
Senate appropriators marked up a bill that would spend $2 million more a year on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and $4.1 million more on the International Trade Commission, in each case matching the president's budget request.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 26, 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.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD 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 July 26 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):