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The Stile Newsletter - Issue #859

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Subject:                                     The Stile Newsletter - Issue #859 - 10/11/2024

 

 

 

         THE Stile Newsletter                                                         ISSUE #859 - 10/11/2024

 

  • Monday, PNCT will be OPEN 6AM to 3PM for Columbus Day Double move and reefer cut at 2 PM
  • Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • CTPAT Update
  • USDA Announces Actions to Lower Food Prices, Bring Fairness to Farmers, and Promote More Competitive Food Supply Chains
  • Federal Register Notices
  • OTEXA:  Announcements
  • ​​​Norfolk CBP Officers Seize Over $450k in Baltimore-Bound Dental Supplies Lacking Country of Origin Markings
  • Commission Adequacy Determination: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from China
  • Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Simplify Shipping Processes for Truck Drivers, While Improving Supply Chains, and Reducing Energy Transportation Costs

 

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Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP

On October 8, 2024, Genera Inc., Tellus Products, LLC, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO filed petitions for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on the imports of Thermoformed Molded Fiber (TMF) Products from China and Vietnam. The petition alleges dumping margins of 604.40% for China, and 328.28% to 328.52% for Vietnam.  The petition identifies certain foreign producers/exporters and U.S. importers of the investigated product.

The merchandise covered by this investigation is thermoformed molded fiber products regardless of shape, form, function, fiber source, or finish. TMF products are formed with cellulose fibers, thermoformed using one or more heated molds, and cured in the mold. TMF products include, but are not limited to, plates, bowls, clamshells, trays, lids, food or foodservice contact packaging, and consumer or other product packaging.

They may be derived from any virgin or recycled cellulose fiber source (including, but not limited to, those sourced from wood, woody crops, agricultural crops/byproducts/residue, and agricultural/industrial/other waste). They may have any weight, shape, dimensionality, design, or size, and may be bleached, unbleached, dyed, colored, or printed. They may include ingredients, additives, or chemistries to enhance functionality including, but not limited to, anti-microbial, antifungal, anti-bacterial, heat/flame resistant, hydrophobic, oleophobic, absorbent, or adsorbent.

The projected date of International Trade Commission’s Preliminary Conference is October 28, 2024. The earliest theoretical date for retroactive suspension of liquidation for AD is December 17, 2024; CVD is October 28, 2024.

Please feel free to contact one of our attorneys for further information, including a complete scope description, complete projected schedule for the AD and CVD investigations; the volume and value of imports; and list of identified foreign exporters and U.S. importers.
 



 

CTPAT Update - The White House

On Tuesday, October 2, 2024, the President signed into law:

S. 794, the “Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Pilot Program Act of 2023” or the “CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023,” which requires the Department of Homeland Security to carry out a pilot program to assess whether allowing certain third-party logistics providers to participate in the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism would enhance port security or otherwise help meet the goals of the program.
 




USDA Announces Actions to Lower Food Prices, Bring Fairness to Farmers, and Promote More Competitive Food Supply Chains - USDA

Steps enhance research access to seeds to promote generic products, identify hidden fees and unfair pricing practices in beef sales markets, and set out options for transparency and fairer trading in cattle markets

WASHINGTON, October 08, 2024 — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced multiple steps to deliver on the President’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy to promote fair and competitive markets for American farmers and ranchers, and lower food prices for American families. The following actions were announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during a Farmers and Ranchers in Action event hosted by the White House:

  • First, through a multipart framework, USDA is leveraging its funding and research capacity, as well as interagency partnerships, to increase transparency and improve researcher access to seed germplasm, the starting materials plant breeders need to create diverse, resilient, and competitive seed varieties. These were key recommendations identified in USDA’s 2023 report, “More and Better Choices for Farmers: Promoting Fair Competition and Innovation in Seeds and Other Agricultural Inputs.” 
  • Second, USDA today published an interim report that assesses competitive conditions in the meat retail industry. The report draws on over 1,600 comments received from the public in response to USDA requests for information, interviews with small, medium, and large meatpackers, distributors, retailers, academics, and farmer or advocacy organizations. It identifies hidden fees and unjust/anticompetitive pricing strategies present in the beef market as a case study.
  • Third, USDA announced the next steps in a new rulemaking effort under the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921 to enhance price discovery and fairness in cattle markets. For years, USDA has fielded complaints from producers around beef packers using reported regional cash or spot prices as base prices for fed cattle formula pricing agreements, commonly known as Alternative Marketing Agreements (AMAs). USDA is issuing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to seek comment on several possible interventions to develop new benchmarks as AMA base prices and approaches to trading when using benchmarks. 

“Over these last four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has made historic investments in agriculture to help farmers, small businesses, and rural communities get a fair shake,” said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. “Our work on competition is about opening up new markets for farmers and delivering fairer, more competitive choices. Today’s actions will help to deliver on more choice and lower costs for seeds used by farmers, more choice and lower food costs for consumers, and a fairer marketplace for ranchers.”

“With today’s announcements, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking action to lower food prices for working families by enabling small businesses and family farms to compete fairly,” said National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard. “For too long, consolidation in the agriculture industry has been swallowing up family farms, lowering incomes and choices for farmers, and raising prices at the grocery store. Today’s announcements build on our work to restore fair competition in farming and food markets and to lower grocery prices for working families.”

“USDA is taking smart, strategic steps to open up pathways for continued innovation and improved competition in seed markets, new retail choices for small businesses and working family consumers alike, and fairer, more competitive trading in America’s world-leading cattle market,” said USDA’s Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets Andy Green. “These represent the first steps into these markets in a long time, and so we’re both listening to all while we’re doing so but we’re putting the relevant industries on notice that in the coming months, the USDA alongside its Federal partners will be amping up our scrutiny of these markets closely to protect fair, open, and honest competition.”

As President Biden outlined in the Competition Executive Order, consolidation in the agricultural industry is making it too hard for small family farms to survive as they face concentrated market power in the channels for selling agricultural products. In part due to the Administration’s efforts to tackle predatory pricing throughout the American economy, grocery inflation has improved as has certain key agricultural inputs such as fertilizer, but meat prices remain too high and competition in seeds markets remains highly constrained.

Seed Competition Framework

USDA’s framework for promoting research access to germplasm represents a three-part strategy for enhanced seed system diversity, competition, and resilience. Specifically, the framework:

  • Identifies opportunities for better defining patent-related disclosure for seeds so researchers understand their freedom to operate. A letter from USDA to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) USPTO describes the need for more clarity on breeding history and pedigrees and ensuring accessibility to seeds samples placed in patent depositories to adequately disclose plant-related inventions. Clarifying disclosure requirements for utility patents on seeds would help ensure researchers can better understand the scope and bounds of patent rights on plant-related inventions and conduct the research necessary to develop new innovations.
  • Provides guidance to USDA researchers around observational uses of protected germplasm in the context of patent law. The ability to observe and understand patented inventions is necessary for federal scientists to pursue critical research and to innovate without fear of infringement. View USDA’s guidance for federal researchers.
  • Encourages that germplasm developed by federal funding be shared for research and plant breeding, thus reflecting existing best practices. This will potentially help ensure that the germplasm pool is available for future innovation for both private and public breeders alike to bring new and diverse choices to the market. View USDA’s guidance for federally-funded research.

To learn more about USDA’s focus on seed competition, and to report a complaint, visit the Farmer Seed Liaison webpage.

Access to Retail Report

Released today, USDA’s interim report “Competition and Fair Practices in Meat Merchandising,” uses beef markets as a case study to better understand access to retail dynamics for producers and processors. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) conducted an investigative study, took public comment, and supported academic examination of the topic.

This interim report has identified a trend of increasing market concentration nationally and regionally, particularly among the top four packers, distributors, and retailers. The report also highlights the views of commenters and interviewees, including farmers and small to midsize or independent packers and retailers, who describe their concerns with problematic practices by intermediaries.

As next steps, USDA will be continuing the investigative study already commenced, including through subpoenas. USDA is also announcing that the Agricultural Marketing Service will be commencing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the coming months to seek public input around potential next steps.

Together, these efforts will protect free and fair competition on the merits for businesses operating in the retail channel; ensure that small, midsize, or independent businesses can continue to raise and process livestock; and help these businesses distribute and sell meat to the families and local communities that they serve.

Cattle Price Discovery Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR)

The Competition Executive Order directed USDA to address the unfair treatment of farmers and improve conditions of competition in the markets for their products through rulemaking actions under the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. USDA was also directed to identify measures to enhance price discovery, increase transparency, and improve the functioning of the cattle and other livestock markets.

Upon publication in the Federal Register, AMS’s Packers and Stockyards Division will be seeking comment on a range of targeted options to improve price discovery and fair and competitive trading in fed cattle markets. The options presented in the ANPR focus on ways to ensure that the base prices in fed cattle purchasing agreements, commonly known as alternative marketing arrangements (AMAs), are representative of relevant market conditions and are not vulnerable to distortion or strategic behavior that could cause prices to shift for reasons other than changes in supply and demand.

These options are intended to mitigate the concern that AMAs have negative price effects on the spot market and otherwise distort the trading of fed cattle, which are complaints that AMS has received over the years. Cattle plays an important role in the economic health of many rural communities, and so fairness to cattle producers is vitally important.

View a preview of the ANPR.

For more information on USDA’s competition efforts visit the Fair and Competitive Markets webpage.
 




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OTEXA:  Announcements - International Trade Administration




Norfolk CBP Officers Seize Over $450k in Baltimore-Bound Dental Supplies Lacking Country of Origin Markings - U.S. Customs & Border Protection

NORFOLK, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Norfolk, Va., recently seized over $450,000 in dental supplies that shipped from China for violating laws governing country of origin marking. Both shipments were destined to the same address in Baltimore.

Country of origin marking on imported consumer goods are required by law (19 U.S.C. § 1304 and 19 C.F.R. part 134). The country of origin is the country of manufacture, production, or growth of any article of foreign origin entering the United States. Country of origin and related marking not only inform consumers of the origin of imported products but also help to enforce trade laws that are applied on a country-specific basis.

The purpose of the marking is to inform the ultimate purchasers in the United States of the country in which the imported goods are made, so that the consumers are able to differentiate between domestic and imported products and to make informed purchase decisions.  The law also requires that the marking be clearly and visibly located on the product.

CBP officers seized the most recent shipment on September 17. It consisted of nearly two million prophy angle cups, and over 1.6 million dental tray covers. That shipment was destined to an address in Baltimore. The shipment was assessed at $419,211.

CBP officers seized the first shipment on August 26. That shipment, which was also destined to the same Baltimore address, consisted of nearly 1.8 million dental bibs. This shipment was assessed at $35,980.

“Consumers have the right, under U.S. law, to know where the products they are purchasing are sourced, including materials used to make those products. Omitting country of origin markings deprives American consumers of that right to choose how they spend their hard-earned money and who profits from their spending,” said Mark Laria, CBP’s Area Port Director for the Area Port of Norfolk-Newport News, Va. “Customs and Border Protection officers inspect imports every day and enforce a variety of laws that protect American consumers’ rights and safety and the vitality of our nation’s economy.”

Read more from CBP about country of origin markings on U.S. imports.

CBP's border security mission is led at our nation’s Ports of Entry by CBP officers and agriculture specialists from the Office of Field Operations. CBP screens international travelers and cargo and searches for illicit narcotics, unreported currency, weapons, counterfeit consumer goods, prohibited agriculture, invasive weeds and pests, and other illicit products that could potentially harm the American public, U.S. businesses, and our nation’s safety and economic vitality.
 




Commission Adequacy Determination: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from China - U.S. International Trade Commission

https://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/adequacy-determinations
 




Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Simplify Shipping Processes for Truck Drivers, While Improving Supply Chains, and Reducing Energy Transportation Costs - Department of Transportation

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a new, proposed rule that would provide close to $100 million in annual cost savings for businesses and consumers. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) would improve supply chains by modernizing and simplifying hazardous material transportation regulations that impact truck drivers hauling fuels. It will enhance safety standards across highway, rail, and vessel modes of transportation.

“Hazardous materials are a significant share of the essential goods routinely shipped in the United States, and the Biden-Harris Administration is working to make it more affordable and straightforward to safely move these materials through our supply chains,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. “The proposal we’re announcing today streamlines requirements while maintaining safety measures, helping to reduce costs for businesses and consumers and make it easier for drivers to do their job.”

Specifically, the proposed rule updates and modernizes regulations to accommodate the latest technologies, business practices, and understandings of hazardous materials, including updates in packaging practices for hazmat transportation.

Highlights of the proposed rule include:

  • Reducing burdens for U.S. truck drivers by simplifying hazard communication requirements for fuels including gasoline that are transported in tanker trucks.
  • Encouraging innovation and safety improvements to hazardous materials rail cars by reducing review times for tank car design improvements and addressing National Transportation Safety Board recommendations regarding improved design standards for rail tank cars.
  • Modernizing standards for essential agricultural equipment by codifying manufacturing standards for newly built fertilizer tanks and permitting the use of video and fiber optics technologies when inspecting and calibrating cargo tanks in both agricultural and non-agricultural operations.

“This proposal focuses on ways to reduce regulatory burdens for America’s truck drivers and increases the overall efficiency of America’s critical energy transportation supply chains that impact every job and industry throughout our economy," said PHMSA Deputy Administrator Tristan Brown. “These proposed changes build on the Biden-Harris Administration’s successful work to ensure America’s supply chains are the safest and most efficient in the world, utilizing the latest data and transportation technologies.”

The proposed rule was submitted to the Federal Register in conjunction with additional actions announced on National Manufacturing Day (October 4th) by the Biden-Harris Administration to ensure the future is Made in America. The proposed rule aims to support supply chains vital to the transportation sector—ensuring manufacturers can safely and affordably get resources they need to make, package, and ship goods to markets across America and throughout the world. 

The proposed rule has been submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication and can be accessed in the related documents section of this page. PHMSA will accept comments on the proposed rule up to 90 days after it publishes in the Federal Register.

 

 

 

 

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Subject:                                     The Stile Newsletter - Issue #857 - 09/27/2024

 

 

 

         THE Stile Newsletter                                                         ISSUE #857 - 09/27/2024

 

  • USTR Solicits Comments on Whether to Increase China 301 Tariffs on Certain Tungsten Products, Wafers and Polysilicon
  • Industry Advisory: All FMC Statutes and Regulations Remain in Full Effect in the Event of Terminal Closures Related to Possible Work Stoppage
  • USTR Issues Federal Register Notice Announcing a Docket for Public Comments on Proposed Tariff Increases Following the Four-Year Review
  • Federal Register Notices
  • Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2024 Amendments)
  • USITC Releases The Year in Trade 2023
  • ​​​Rubio Introduces Bill to Prevent Communist China from Evading U.S. Tariffs
  • BBB Tip: "Brushing” Scam Indicates a Serious Problem for Victims
  • Temu Can't Be Trusted With Your Data. We Need States To Step In

 

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USTR Solicits Comments on Whether to Increase China 301 Tariffs on Certain Tungsten Products, Wafers and Polysilicon - Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP

Further to its recent notice, the USTR announced on September 19, 2024 that it is seeking comments on whether to increase China 301 tariffs to 25% for 3 subheadings covering certain tungsten products and 50% for 2 subheadings covering wafers and polysilicon. Further background can be found here.

The specific items are as follows:

Tungsten

  • 8101.94.00 (Tungsten, unwrought (including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering)).
  • 8101.99.10 (Tungsten bars and rods (o/than those obtained simply by sintering), profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil).
  • 8101.99.80 (Tungsten, articles nesoi).

Wafers / Polysilicon

  • 2804.61.00 (Silicon containing by weight not less than 99.99 percent of silicon).
  • 3818.00.00 (Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers etc., chemical compounds doped for electronic use).

 A portal for public comments will be open from September 23 – October 22, 2024. The USTR specifically invites comments on

  • The extent to which the proposed modification would enhance the effectiveness of the tariff actions in obtaining the elimination of or in counteracting China’s acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation; and

The likely effects of the proposed modification on the U.S. economy, including consumers. 

Please do not hesitate to contact any of our attorneys if we can assistance in the preparation of such comments or to further discuss the overall impact of the China 301 action on your company’s operations.
 



 

Industry Advisory: All FMC Statutes and Regulations Remain in Full Effect in the Event of Terminal Closures Related to Possible Work Stoppage - Federal Maritime Commission

Regulated entities are reminded that all statutes and regulations administered by the Federal Maritime Commission remain in effect during any terminal closures related to potential work stoppage at ports in the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico regions.

The Commission is directing its Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance to investigate any reports of unlawful conduct of regulated entities. The FMC will prosecute violators to the fullest extent of the law.  

Common carriers and marine terminal operators (MTOs) must continue to comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including rules governing tariffs, service contracts, MTO schedules, the application of and invoicing for demurrage and detention, and all other fees and surcharges assessed. Demurrage, detention, and all other fees and surcharges must be reasonable, clearly defined, and serve a specific measurable purpose.

FMC regulations require that demurrage and detention fees serve as legitimate financial incentives to encourage cargo movement. Pursuant to these requirements, the Commission will scrutinize any demurrage and detention charges assessed during terminal closures.

Demurrage and detention invoicing must be lawful. The Commission’s rule on such invoicing, implementing provisions of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, became effective on May 28, 2024.  Invoices that do not include required information, or that are sent to the wrong entity, are not valid.

To report unlawful actions or to file a complaint, individuals or entities can:

  • File a complaint proceeding  for adjudication before the FMC’s Office of Administrative Law Judges.
     
  • Submit a Charge Complaint requesting refund of waiver of an erroneous or unlawful charge assessed by a common carrier for rapid review by the Commission.
     
  • Request informal assistance to resolve a dispute. The Commission’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (CADRS) will facilitate communications and seek to quickly resolve disputes between a shipper and a common carrier or MTO. Unlike an order issued in a legal proceeding, resolutions reached through CADRS are voluntary.
     
  • Report allegations of violations with the Commission’s Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance. Based on the information received, a formal investigation may be launched.
     
  • Provide concerns and information for the benefit of the Commission’s knowledge at complaints@fmc.gov.

Additional information about options for raising and addressing disputes can be found in this instructional video.
 




USTR Issues Federal Register Notice Announcing a Docket for Public Comments on Proposed Tariff Increases Following the Four-Year Review - U.S. Trade Representative

In a Federal Register notice issued today, USTR establishes a 30-day period for public comments on proposed modifications announced on September 13, 2024 to the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. The docket will open on September 23, 2024 and close on October 22, 2024.  Procedures for filing comments are detailed in USTR’s Federal Register notice, which is available here
 




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Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2024 Amendments) - USDA

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations, decreasing the value assigned to imported cotton for the purposes of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. This amendment is required each year to ensure that assessments collected on imported cotton and the cotton content of imported products will be the same as those paid on domestically produced cotton. In addition, AMS is updating the Import Assessment Table to account for changes since the last assessment adjustment in 2023.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective November 15, 2024, without further action or notice, unless significant adverse comment is received by October 16, 2024. If significant adverse comment is received, AMS will publish a timely withdrawal of the amendment in the Federal Register

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USITC Releases The Year in Trade 2023 - U.S. International Trade Commission

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today released The Year in Trade 2023 (Inv. No. 163-003), its annual overview of developments regarding the operation of the U.S. trade agreements program for 2023.

The USITC's The Year in Trade is one of the government's most comprehensive reports available regarding activities related to U.S. trade policies, agreements, and trade laws. This report is the 75th in a series of annual reports submitted to the U.S. Congress under section 163(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213(c)) and its predecessor legislation.

The publication provides a summary of U.S. international trade laws and actions under these laws, activities of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and select multilateral institutions, and developments regarding U.S. free trade agreements (FTAs) and U.S. bilateral trade relations with major trading partners in 2023. In addition, topics covered in The Year in Trade 2023 include:

  • an overview of the global trade environment; 
  • U.S. safeguard, antidumping, countervailing duty, intellectual property rights infringement, national security, and section 301 investigations and actions during 2023;
  • U.S. trade preference programs, including the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences, the Nepal Trade Preferences Act, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, and the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, including initiatives for Haiti;
  • WTO dispute settlement and other significant activities in the WTO; 
  • developments under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and trade initiatives under negotiation, including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity and the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity;
  • implementation and enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and other U.S. FTAs in force; and
  • trade patterns and developments in trading relationships with selected major U.S. partners—the European Union, Canada, Mexico, China, the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, and Kenya.

The report and accompanying dashboard on the report home page provide an overview of U.S. trade in merchandise and services during 2023. Statistical tables highlight U.S. bilateral trade with major partners and trade under U.S. preference programs and FTAs.

The Year in Trade 2023 (USITC Publication 5547, September 2024) will be posted on the USITC's Internet site at https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/332/pub5547.pdf

The home page of the report is available at: www.usitc.gov/publications/332/year_in_trade_2023.  

The home page displays interactive figures and tables of underlying data on U.S. merchandise and services trade by country and by sector; U.S. imports under different trade preferences programs; information on Commission antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, and section 337 investigations; and information on WTO dispute settlement cases involving the United States. 

For more information about previous The Year in Trade reports, please refer to the Commission’s Investigations Database System (IDS): https://ids.usitc.gov/.
 




Rubio Introduces Bill to Prevent Communist China from Evading U.S. Tariffs - Senator Marco Rubio

Under the Trump Administration, Chinese-manufactured imports were subject to large tariffs. China countered with a multi-pronged strategy to evade U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions. 

Recently, Chinese manufacturers have exploited a loophole in U.S. trade law by shifting manufacturing facilities to third countries with favorable U.S. trade terms, such as Mexico, Vietnam, and Malaysia. This “country hopping” has allowed Chinese companies to evade tariffs and flood the U.S. market with cheap goods.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act to close this loophole and ensure tariffs apply to goods manufactured by a foreign adversary no matter where the production happens. 

  • “America’s manufacturing sector has faced growing challenges from unfair foreign competition, particularly from Communist China. The Chinese Communist Party has eroded our industrial base for decades, and now it is bypassing the laws put in place to halt it. My legislation would ensure goods produced by our adversaries are treated as such, no matter where they’re made.
     
  • “We must protect our industries and workers from these predatory practices before it’s too late. America cannot afford to surrender its economic future to Beijing.” – Senator Rubio

Flashback … Senator Rubio introduced a report detailing the successes and failures of Communist China’s “Made in China 2025” industrial policy, including the country’s domination of supply chains. He also introduced legislation to tackle “country hopping” in auto manufacturing.
 




BBB Tip: "Brushing” Scam Indicates a Serious Problem for Victims - Better Business Bureau

Free boxloads of merchandise from Amazon or other companies right on your doorstep! What could be bad about getting the Santa treatment all year long? Plenty! Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns consumers that this recent scam has a scary downside. You are not the one who hit the jackpot; a scammer is the real winner.

Read article here
 




Temu Can't Be Trusted With Your Data. We Need States To Step In - Newsweek.com

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