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  • Type:Presidential Document
    Citation:86 FR 6541
    Reading Time:about 11 minutes

    The document outlines a proclamation made by President Donald J. Trump to extend an existing safeguard measure on imports of large residential washers and washer parts. Initially set in 2018 through Proclamation 9694, this measure imposed a tariff-rate quota meant to support the U.S. washers industry's positive adjustment to competition from imports. Due to continuing necessity to prevent injury and evidence of the domestic industry's adjustment, the proclamation extends these protective measures for two additional years. It also continues to exclude imports from Canada and capped imports from certain World Trade Organization (WTO) developing countries, provided they fall within specified thresholds.

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine the President decides to keep using special rules to help people in the USA who make big washing machines. These rules make it so that if too many washers come from other countries, there are extra costs to bring them here, which makes it easier for USA makers to compete. This decision to keep the rules goes on for two more years and doesn't affect washers from Canada or some countries with little shipments.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 8120
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a partial cancellation of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, specifically for Vinh Hoan Corporation. This change comes after a January 17, 2025, agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam to resolve a dispute at the World Trade Organization. The revocation applies to fish produced and exported by Vinh Hoan from August 1, 2021, onwards, meaning these products won't incur antidumping duties and past entries will be processed without those duties. The decision ends further administrative reviews for these specific goods in future periods.

    Simple Explanation

    The U.S. government decided not to charge extra fees, called antidumping duties, on certain fish sold by a company in Vietnam because they made an agreement about this. This means the company doesn't have to pay those fees anymore for fish they've already sent and will send in the future.