Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
India Challenges the United States’ Compliance on Cross-Cumulation
Earlier this month, India requested consultations with the United States at the WTO on the United States’ compliance with a WTO Appellate Body (AB) ruling from 2014. That AB ruling held, in part, that the U.S. ITC had…
Appeals Court Says That Actual Arrival In Iran Is Not Necessary For OFAC To Find Violation
On May 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit remanded for further consideration OFAC’s imposition of a $4 million penalty against Epsilon Electronics for 39 shipments found to violate the Iranian…
Commissioner Kieff Announces Departure from ITC
Commissioner F. Scott Kieff has announced that he will leave the ITC at the end of this month to return to his positions at the George Washington University School of Law and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.…
ITC Votes Unanimously to Continue Investigations on Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from Six Countries
On June 2 nd, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) voted to continue the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and…
Commerce Department Signals that Findings in Section 232 Investigations on Steel and Aluminum are Imminent
The Commerce Department has signaled that it will issue findings in its respective “Section 232” investigations covering imports of steel and aluminum before the end of June. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of…