Department of Commerce

On January 3, 2022, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced in the Federal Register the opportunity to request an annual administrative review for products that are currently subject to antidumping and countervailing duties. The products and countries that have been listed in the Federal Register notice are the following:

AD

  • Belarus: Carbon and Alloy Steel

On December 31, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice that it will automatically initiate, starting January 3, 2022, five-year Sunset Reviews for antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders from.

Listed below are the countries and products named in the notice:

  1. People’s Republic of China
    • Large Residential Washers (1st Review) (A-570-033)

In Husch Blackwell’s November 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • The U.S. set to rollback existing Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs
  • The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative extending exclusions for COVID related products
  • An update on U.S. Department of Commerce decisions

On December 1, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced in the Federal Register the opportunity to request an annual administrative review for products that are currently subject to antidumping and countervailing duties. The products and countries that have been listed in the Federal Register notice are the following:

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently issued a final rule amending the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add twenty-seven (27) companies and individuals to the BIS Entity List effective November 26, 2021. These companies and researchers are alleged to have ties to China’s military quantum computing efforts as well as Pakistani nuclear and missile proliferation. The new companies added include:

On October 31, 2021, the Secretary of Commerce and United States Trade Representative released a statement confirming that the United States and the European Union (EU) have come to an agreement (Agreement) that will modify the current section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.