The Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a second meeting that is open to the public on October 21, 2009 to discuss the following Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA1) issues (four of which were discussed at the October 14, 2009 CPSC public meeting):
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand.
During the October 14, 2009 Consumer Product Safety Commission open meeting to discuss various issues,1 including a request for an exclusion from the lead content limits of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) for brass wheel parts of toy tractors, Commissioner statements indicate a possible shift in CPSC thinking on exclusion requests.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of non-frozen apple juice concentrate from China for the period of June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008.
The "Buy American" provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Stimulus Bill") prohibit, with certain exceptions1, Recovery Act funds from being used for a project or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and other manufactured goods used as construction material in the project are produced or manufactured in the U.S.
A dozen domestic textile associations and unions have joined to comment on the Department of Homeland Security's August 17, 2009 interim rule that amended DHS acquisition regulations for products containing textiles sourced outside the U.S., as required by the "Buy American" provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The letter argues that DHS did not go far enough to implement the new Buy American provision. (Letter, dated 09/15/09, available at http://www.ncto.org/newsroom/kissellcomments090809.pdf )
The International Trade Administration has made a final negative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers and exporters of Ni-resist piston inserts from Korea.
On August 6, 2009, Senate Finance Committee leaders Baucus (D) and Grassley (R) introduced the "Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009" (S.1631).
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam for the period of February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from India for the period of February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.