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Trade court pauses litigation over ‘transnational’ AD/CVD solar rates

The Court of International Trade has paused several pending suits over antidumping and countervailing duty rates on solar-cell parts from four Asian countries that will test the Commerce Department’s 2024 rule allowing trade remedies for transnational subsidies, agreeing with the government that it cannot fully defend the cases until the federal shutdown ends. In recent days CIT judges issued at least four orders staying challenges to various elements of the AD/CVD actions on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules from...

Trade negotiations, tariff inquiries to continue during shutdown

The Trump administration is set to continue the bulk of its trade policy work during the government shutdown that began on Wednesday, according to agency-specific guides that say negotiations, tariff collections and “national security” investigations are “necessary to the discharge of the President’s constitutional duties and powers.” Although agency functions deemed non-essential were suspended when federal appropriations lapsed at midnight on Oct. 1, there are broad exceptions for duties that officials have designated as necessary under either continued statutory mandates...

Draft strategic plan: ITC seeks to bolster staff, modernize HTS

Editor's note: This story was updated after initial publication to correct the amount of funding requested by the ITC for FY2026 and to note the administration requested the same level. The U.S. International Trade Commission’s new draft five-year strategic plan proposes to continue a Biden-era push to bolster staffing and capacity in response to the “increasing complexity” of its duties, while pledging to modernize the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in line with a multiyear “major upgrade...

Quartz countertop makers seek Section 201 safeguard relief

A coalition of U.S. producers is seeking quotas and tariffs on all imports of quartz surface products, saying a series of U.S. antidumping and countervailing duties on those goods have been undermined by extensive evasion. The Quartz Manufacturing Alliance of America requested relief under Sections 201 and 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 in a Sept. 15 petition to the U.S. International Trade Commission. “This is not the first time that the domestic industry has sought relief from the...

Cambodia asks CIT to bar AD/CVD probes for ‘transnational’ subsidies

The government of Cambodia and some solar-cell makers say a Biden-era rule allowing the Commerce Department to include transnational subsidies in its antidumping and countervailing duty probes violates federal law, as part of new litigation over AD/CVD rates on solar components from four countries based on Commerce’s first-ever transnational subsidy finding. At the same time, a coalition of U.S. solar companies is seeking to not only keep Commerce’s AV/CVD orders in place but declare them illegally weak, setting up a...

ITC issues 'material retardation’ finding in Chinese tungsten shot case

Imports of Chinese tungsten shot, a type of ammunition made from tungsten alloy, have hindered the development of a domestic industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission said this week in a ruling that could have implications for other nascent U.S. critical mineral industries seeking relief from underpriced and subsidized imports. In a 3-0 vote on Wednesday, the ITC affirmed that “the establishment of a U.S. industry is materially retarded by reason of imports of tungsten shot from China," it said...

Stakeholders launch wave of litigation over solar cell AD/CVD orders

The Trump administration is facing a sprawling legal fight over its new antidumping and countervailing duties on certain solar-power components from Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, as not only countries and producers subject to the remedies but even the U.S. firms that successfully sought them are now suing over the final orders at the Court of International Trade. CIT’s online docket shows 15 pending cases that have been filed since July 24 over the Commerce Department’s final orders on crystalline...

Commerce sets 93.5 percent antidumping duty on Chinese ‘active anode’ exports

The Commerce Department is imposing a 93.5 percent antidumping duty on Chinese active anode materials -- a category of minerals that includes graphite used in electric vehicle batteries -- based on a preliminary determination that exporters are acting under government control to sell their goods in the U.S. at less than fair value. On July 17, Commerce quietly posted online its preliminary decision memorandum for a U.S. International Trade Commission probe of active anode material exports that began in January...

ITC: Professional services companies using AI, other tech to improve competitiveness

Professional services suppliers are adopting new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to improve their competitiveness as demand grows amid increased digitization, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in its annual services trade report. The ITC’s “ Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade ” for 2025, released on Wednesday, is focused on “trade in professional services, including accounting and auditing, advertising, architecture and engineering, education, legal, and management consulting services,” according to an accompanying statement . Professional services accounted for 38 percent...

ITC: USMCA auto rules impacted auto industry, not broader economy

The economic effects of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rules of origin for automotive vehicles have been limited to the auto sector, the U.S. International Trade Commission says in a new report, finding that they benefitted auto parts makers while causing light vehicle producers to fare slightly worse. The ITC on Tuesday released its second report on the economic impact of the USMCA auto rules. The study, mandated under the deal’s implementing legislation, follows on a 2023 report that similarly found the...

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