USTR still slow-walking Biden transition
With help from Doug Palmer and Cristiano Lima
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Quick Fix The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is still delaying the transition to the Biden administration
and refuses to acknowledge the outcome of the election, with just more than a week until Inauguration Day.
Vietnam is the second largest supplier of apparel, footwear, and travel goods to the US
Concerns continue to mount over the prospect of additional punitive tariffs being applied to US imports of apparel and footwear from Vietnam – with companies including Nike, Adidas America, Gap Inc, Levi Strauss and Under Armour the latest to oppose any such move.
In a multi-industry letter opposing Vietnam tariffs, which was submitted last week to US Trade Representative (USTR) Section 301 hearings on Vietnam currency valuation, more than 200 company and trade association CEOs urged the administration to avoid using tariffs as a remedy in the investigations.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has fired the latest salvo in an escalating patent fight, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to block telecom giant Ericsson from importing 5G network equipment after licensing negotiations between the parties faltered.
Manufacturers in the United States have been materially injured by imports of pre-stressed concrete (PC) steel wire strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined.
The imported products have been sold in the US at less than fair value, the ITC said in a final determination issued on Friday January 8, also noting subsidization by the government of Turkey.
As a result, the US Commerce Department will issue anti-dumping duty orders on imports of PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey and the UAE; and countervailing duty orders on imports of the product from Turkey.