The U.S.-based Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition is urging the Obama administration to consider the impact on U.S. manufacturers of the U.S. International Trade Commission's proposed tariffs on tire imports from China.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., has just affirmed a decision made by the U.S. International Trade Commission in which China-based Ninestar Technologies was found guilty of infringing Epson's printer cartridge patents.

By a 6-0 vote, the US International Trade Commission recently announced its affirmative decision on the petition filed by US producers of laminated woven polypropylene sacks claiming that China is involved in dumping and subsidizing exports of these products.