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Instead of holding a public hearing amid the coronavirus pandemic, USTR said it would “foster public participation via written submissions.”

U.S. companies have not yet established a strong market presence in the sub-Saharan African region’s growing digital trade environment, in part because of weak intellectual property protections and restrictive digital policies, the U.S. International Trade Commission states in a new report.

The U.S. International Trade Commission should consider the effect that duties on imported mattresses could have on hospitals and consumers -- and the possibility the domestic industry might not be able to supply a burgeoning demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Justice Department said in a “statement of interest” filed last week.

“Today’s ITC vote means that almost all manufacturers that import from China will face final combined AD/CVD cash deposit rates of about 59%,” the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance said in a statement.

The U.S. International Trade Commission last week said boosting the number of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells that can be imported under the Trump administration’s safeguard measure on solar imports would likely reduce the cost burden on U.S. module manufacturers and improve domestic profitability.

An increase in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and frequent changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule during the Trump administration have left the U.S. International Trade Commission in need of a significant funding boost, a House appropriator said on Wednesday.

“This case presents a stunning example of corporations taking advantage of the current trade hysteria.”

Cabinet imports were valued at $4.4 billion in 2018.