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AIIS Newsletter: October 2018
October 2018 Market Update The unemployment rate in September fell to its lowest point in nearly half a century as the economy continues to show signs of strength. Although employers added only 134,000 jobs nationwide – the lowest monthly total in a year, possibly...
AIIS SEEKS TO END ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 232 STEEL TARIFFS WITH SUMMARY JUDGMENT FILING
July 20, 2018 Contact: Amelia Berger amelia.berger@bracewell.com 202-828-1727 AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STEEL SEEKS TO END ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 232 STEEL TARIFFS WITH SUMMARY JUDGMENT...
CUSTOMS CORNER Update – Base Metals Center for Excellence and Expertise
The AIIS Customs Committee held another periodic update conference call with the leadership of Customs Base Metals Center on September 6, 2018. Center Director Africa Bell and all three Assistant Directors/Branch Chiefs briefed us on developments and issues involving...
New White House Proclamation on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
The White House last night issued amendments to its proclamations on the Section 232 tariffs placed on steel and aluminum. In sum, the amended proclamation now allows companies who import steel and aluminum from countries originally subject to quota arrangements to...
CUSTOMS CORNER Section 232 Steel Duty Increase for Turkey
By a Proclamation dated August 10, 2018 (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-adjusting-imports-steel-united-states-5/) President Trump doubled the additional duties on steel products from Turkey imposed in the Section 232...
AIIS CUSTOMS CORNER | Surety Bond Sufficiency Problems
Importers and surety companies have recently reported certain issues regarding the sufficiency of import bonds. U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has dramatically increased the number of Notices issued advising of insufficient bond amounts, with one surety...
232 Weekly Update: Commerce Department New Interim Final Rule on Section 232 Exclusion Process
The major news this week on the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs is that yesterday the Commerce Department issued its draft set of amended regulations on the product exclusion process. You can read the 173 page document here. Our initial analysis provided...
Steel Giants With Ties to Trump Officials Block Tariff Relief for Hundreds of Firms [AIIS mention]
New York Times By: Jim Tankersley 8/5/18 Two of America’s biggest steel manufacturers — both with deep ties to administration officials — have successfully objected to hundreds of requests by American companies that buy foreign steel to exempt themselves from...
232 Legal Fund Appeal
Dear AIIS Members and Steel Supply Chain Partners, As you probably know from the broad media coverage our latest section 232 initiative has received, we, along with two other plaintiffs, filed on June 27 a legal challenge in federal court seeking a declaratory...
July 2018 Market Update
Trench warfare continues in what the Chinese Ministry of Commerce describes as “the biggest trade war in economic history.” In the latest exchange, the Trump administration in early July added $34 billion of Chinese imports to the list of products on which it will...
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