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President Biden on Thursday announced his intent to nominate Democrat Jim Coughlan and Republican Halie Craig to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Four of the ITC’s six commissioner slots are filled. But no more than three commissioners can be of the same political party, meaning that Coughlan, if confirmed, would have to replace one of the three sitting Democrats. The ITC could not be reached for comment by press time. Coughlan has been the Export-Import Bank’s senior vice president and...

President Biden has issued four-year safeguard measures that will restrict use of a duty-free program for temporary imports by importers of fine denier polyester staple fiber, though he declined to impose broader protections recommended by all four sitting members of the U.S. International Trade Commission. Biden called for the restrictions on fine denier polyester staple fiber, a material used to make products like diapers, baby wipes and coffee filters, among others, in a proclamation set to be published in the...

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday ruled that the domestic aluminum extrusion industry is not being harmed by imports from 14 countries, foreclosing the possibility of new antidumping and countervailing duty orders sought by a coalition of domestic producers and the United Steelworkers. The Commerce Department earlier this year issued final affirmative determinations in a set of antidumping probes into aluminum extrusion imports from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab...

As the U.S., Mexico and Canada gear up for the first review of their trilateral trade pact, auto industry representatives from across North America on Tuesday urged officials to clarify the agreement’s rules of origin but avoid overhauling them to provide companies with much-needed stability at a critical juncture. “We're hopeful that the upcoming review of the agreement in 2026 will not lead to further changes and the need for the industry to adjust, once again, to new requirements,” David...

Editor's note: This story was updated after initial publication to correct which entities would face Section 301 duties under the legislation. The bill would apply product-specific Section 301 tariffs already in place on goods from a non-market economy to products stemming from third-country investments made by that NME. House Ways & Means Committee member Jodey Arrington (R-TX) has introduced a bill to levy Section 301 tariffs on products stemming from third-country investments used by non-market economies to evade duties...

A group of U.S. domestic steel producers and unions on Thursday filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission asking for antidumping and countervailing duties against a type of corrosion-resistant steel from a slew of countries. The petition claims that corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam is being sold under market value in the U.S.; it also alleges that CORE producers...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has ignored a request from U.S. sheep ranchers to initiate an investigation into harm caused by imports, particularly those from Australia and New Zealand, an industry group said on Thursday, telling the agency that if it doesn’t act, the group will take other steps to spur a probe. R-CALF USA, a trade group representing U.S. cattle and sheep producers, last year asked USTR Katherine Tai to call on the U.S. International Trade Commission...