Commerce issues ‘historic’ final AD, CVD rulings in Chinese aluminum case

Editors note: the department of commerce is becoming very aggressive with self initiating trade enforcement cases. Wilbur Ross is doing a good job, unlike his immediate predecessors.  The Commerce Department on Wednesday announced affirmative final determinations against imports of Chinese aluminum sheet, advancing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations that were self-initiated by the agency last…

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Experts Say China Telecom Diverted US Internet Traffic Through China

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director Three Internet security experts have accused state-owned telecom giant China Telecom of diverting internal US Internet traffic through China. The purpose, apparently, was corporate espionage.  According to Doug Madory, an expert on Internet traffic at Silicon Valley software maker Oracle, China Telecom’s network sent out false signals that diverted…

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Memo: USMCA Rules of Origin, Further Details

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director The USMCA Agreement contains rules of origin for the automotive industry that will have a wide-ranging effect on the auto industry.  They should be beneficial for US automakers, their suppliers, and autoworkers. At the headline level, automobiles will only be considered originating in North America and tariff-free if 75%…

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