The Bureau of Industry and Security should clarify a number of items related to its new upcoming export controls on certain electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) software (see 2208120038 and 2208250036), including its definition for “specially designed,” semiconductor companies told the agency in comments this month. BIS should also consider updating other areas of the control, some said, including making it eligible for License Exception TSR (Technology and software under restriction).
The EU's trade defense measures in 2021 purportedly protected 462,000 EU jobs, the European Commission said in its annual report on the bloc's trade protection measures. Such action protected jobs in industries including aluminum, steel, ceramics and green technology, the EC said. The report said the commission ramped up its monitoring efforts to find entities that evade duties, particularly through circumvention. The commission also bolstered the assistance it gives to European exporters in addressing unfair trade protection measures imposed by third countries, the commission said.
Canada, Peru and Brazil recently announced antidumping and countervailing duty actions and decisions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Sept. 16.
The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the Sept. 23 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of recommendations adopted by the DSB on antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. A status report also is expected from Indonesia on measures relating to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products, and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai frequently talks about the need for a smarter globalization, which she calls Globalization 2.0, which is more resilient and more environmentally sustainable.
New multilateral export controls on certain electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) software won’t have an immediate effect on semiconductor companies and are unlikely to cause wide concern in the short term, industry officials said. The controls, announced by the Bureau of Industry and Security Aug. 15 (see 2208120038) and effective in October, seek to restrict an emerging technology that may not be commercially available for at least two years, although officials say it remains unclear what exactly the restrictions will cover.
Argentina has requested dispute consultations with Peru at the World Trade Organization over Peru's antidumping and countervailing duties on biodiesel from Argentina, the WTO announced. Argentina is contesting six measures imposed by Peru: 1) the original CVD investigation, 2) the original AD investigation, 3) the CVD changed circumstances review, 4) the AD changed circumstances review, 5) the CVD sunset review, and 6) the AD sunset review.
The U.K. suspended its antidumping duty on hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel from Ukraine, the Department for International Trade announced Aug. 30. The move accepts the Trade Remedies Authority's recommendation to suspend the antidumping duties on the Ukrainian good for nine months, a decision made after the agency found that market conditions for Ukrainian hot-rolled steel changed following Russia's invasion. The TRA said injury to the U.K. industry is unlikely to happen with a nine-month suspension.
The U.K. implemented a recommendation from its Trade Remedies Authority to vary the antidumping duty on cold-rolled flat steel products from China and Russia so that it applies for five years from Aug. 5, 2021, the Department for International Trade announced in an Aug. 30 notice. The duties apply to "Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)," with various exceptions.
The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the Aug. 29 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of recommendations adopted by the DSB on antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. A status report also is expected from Indonesia on measures relating to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products, and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products. Turkey will report on the implementation of the DSB's recommendations on its measures on the production, importation and marketing of pharmaceutical products.