Latest United States trade policy Stories

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 31, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its final determination regarding circumvention of the antidumping duty order on Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from China. This decision follows the preliminary determination issued on May 30, 2012. In the final determination, the Commerce Department upheld most of the findings that it had made in the preliminary determination and found that small diameter electrodes produced in...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.-Russia Business Council (www.usrbc.org) and the Coalition for U.S.-Russia Trade (www.usrussiatrade.org) applaud Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders in both chambers of Congress for their commitment to hold a vote in September on legislation to enact Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120713/MM40069LOGO-a) (Logo:...

RESTON, Va., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ObjectVideo announced today the filing of an unopposed motion to terminate Samsung from an ongoing United States International Trade Commission (USITC) investigation. "Both parties agreed this was the appropriate next step as part of our continued efforts to resolve the dispute between the companies," said Raul Fernandez, CEO of ObjectVideo. The public trial against Bosch at the USITC, resulting from an investigation pertaining to...

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doug Oberhelman today urged Congress to act with a sense of urgency by passing legislation establishing Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia. "If Congress fails to take action, I am concerned American companies that export to Russia-- and the jobs supported by those exports-- could be put at risk and we will be placed at a competitive disadvantage when Russia...

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC), the U.S.-based trade association leading the organized U.S. business community campaign for Russia's removal from the Jackson-Vanik amendment and enactment of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia, applauded today's introduction of legislation by Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), John Thune (R-SD), John Kerry (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) on Russia's graduation from the...

CHICAGO, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) voiced its strong support for legislation introduced today in the Senate that would establish permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Russia upon that nation's accession to the World Trade Organization. "Russia is making significant concessions that will open up the world's 9th( )largest economy to U.S. goods and services. To take full advantage of those concessions, including substantial tariff reductions on commercial...

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC), the U.S.-based trade association leading the organized U.S. business community campaign to ensure that U.S. commercial interests are fully protected once Russia enters the World Trade Organization (WTO) this summer, urged the U.S. Congress today to not hold U.S. business back from export opportunities in Russia. "Russia's $1.9 trillion economy is a promising market, and U.S. business...

TigerStop LLC’s CEO and Founder Accepts Seat on ITAC’s Automotive Equipment and Capital Goods Committee Vancouver, WA (PRWEB) February 14, 2012 TigerStop LLC®, the global leader in stop-gauge and linear positioning systems with locations in the United States and the Netherlands, announces the appointment of Spencer Dick to serve on the International Trade Administration’s Industry Trade Advisory Committee’s Automotive Equipment And Capital Goods (ITAC2). The committee is a...

Motorola did not violate a trio of Apple patents with their Droid line of smartphones, a U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) judge ruled on Friday. According to CNET reporters David Hamilton and Josh Lowensohn, the ruling, which was first filed by Apple in October 2010, still needs to be approved by the full six-person USITC commission. Nonetheless, the decision, handed down by Administrative Law Judge Theodore Essex, "[deals] a blow to Apple's legal offensive against the...

The Hon. Carl C. Charneski, an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission (ITC) since 2007, has joined the DC office of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the foremost intellectual property law firms in the United States and one that specializes in patent prosecution, protection, and litigation for clients in the research sciences, engineering and technology. The ITC is increasingly the venue of choice for companies pursuing international intellectual property...