Effective July 27, 2004, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty orders on certain stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from France and the United Kingdom, as the International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that revocation would not likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the U.S. within a reasonably foreseeable time.
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. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor."
On August 2, 2005, President Bush signed H.R. 3045, the Dominican Republic-Central America - U.S. Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Implementation Act into law (Public Law (P.L.) 109-53).
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. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor."
President Bush has issued a notice that continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order (EO) 13348 blocking the property of certain persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods from Liberia. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/27/04 news, 04072715, for BP summary of EO 13348 which, among other things, prohibits imports of round logs and timber products from Liberia.) (FR Pub 07/21/05, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-14555.pdf)
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. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor."
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation of metal calendar slides from Japan.
On July 28, 2005, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3045, the "Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act" by a vote of 217 yeas to 215 nays.
On July 27, 2005, the House of Representatives passed, under "regular order," an amended version of H.R. 3283, the "United States Trade Rights Enforcement Act," by a vote of 255 to 168 (a simple majority).
According to World Customs Organization (WCO) sources, the WCO Secretariat is preparing a new publication that will present all of the amendments to the Nomenclature appended to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System or HS) that are scheduled to enter into force on January 1, 2007. WCO sources state that the amendments will be commented on individually, item by item, and all of the amended legal texts will be reproduced and their background, nature and scope will be briefly explained. According to these WCO sources, publication of the document is expected in late 2005/early 2006.