U.S. Silicon Metal Producers Welcome Duties on Imports of Silicon Metal from Malaysia
January 28, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Ferroglobe PLC Ferroglobe PLC London, UNITED KINGDOM
MIAMI, Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (“GSM”), a subsidiary of Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ: GSM), and Mississippi Silicon LLC (“MS”), together representing the majority of American silicon metal production, welcomed news on January 27
th that the U.S. Department of Commerce ( Commerce ) will impose preliminary duties of up 7.41% on all silicon metal imports from Malaysia.
Last August, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) preliminarily determined that imports from Malaysia, along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, and Kazakhstan, are a cause of material injury to the U.S. industry. On November 30, 2020, Commerce subsequently announced duties of 120% on all silicon metal imports from Kazakhstan, and on Decembe
[co-author: Nicole Hager] This alert was originally published on January 6, 2021 and updated on January 27, 2021.
UPDATE: On January 26, 2021, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it is initiating a new factfinding investigation, “Foreign Censorship: Trade and Economic Effects on U.S. Businesses,” on the effects of foreign censorship policies and practices on business in the United States.
The ITC invites the public to submit comments, which are due
August 24, 2021, on: foreign censorship policies and practices that U.S. businesses believe impede trade or investment in foreign markets; details of how such policies have evolved in the last five years, including instances of extraterritorial censorship; and, qualitative analysis of the trade and economic effects of such policies on U.S. businesses. The ITC will hold a public hearing in connection with investigation at 9:30 a.m. on
Thursday, January 28, 2021
This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases.
POTUS’ Schedule
The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS) daily schedules are subject to change, as is the White House press briefing schedule.
9:45 a.m. EST – The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief | Oval Office
1:30 p.m. EST – The President signs executive actions strengthening Americans’ access to quality, affordable health care; The Vice President also attends | Oval Office
VPOTUS’ Schedule
9:45 a.m. EST – the Vice President will join THE PRESIDENT in receiving the President’s Daily Brief | Oval Office
US senator issues bill to protect SEPs from Chinaâs âbad actorsâ
28-01-2021
06-01-2017
A Republican senator has introduced legislation intended to prevent Chinese companies that refuse to pay patent-related fees for the use of mobile technologies from selling their products in the US.
James Inhofe, a senator from Oklahoma, introduced the bill to the Senate on Monday, January 25.
On his website, Inhofe said that many Chinese companies sell devices in the US. These products contain wireless technologies protected by US patents, and the Chinese developers “are refusing” to pay licence or royalty fees to use them.
According to Inhofe, this will lead to free-market companies falling behind China. China will then gain control of 5G technology being sold worldwide and of the standards used in wireless devices (through standard-essential patents SEPs).
The American Blueberry Growers Alliance is asking a trade commission to investigate.
For Rex Schultz, the retirement he’d planned from his full-time management job at True Blue Farms will likely be pushed back. He had hoped to concentrate solely on his 60 acres of blueberries on his Heritage Blueberry Farm in Bangor, Mich.
“But the profits are not there anymore,” he explains. Massive imports from mainly Canada, Mexico and Peru have diluted the market. “In the last five years, we ve lost over 30% of our pricing, combined with a 15% to 20% increase in inputs; we’re talking a hit of basically 45 to 50%,” Schultz adds.