A total of seven amicus briefs were filed at the Supreme Court in defense of President Donald Trump's ability to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. One of the briefs, filed by the America First Policy Institute, urged the Supreme Court to sustain Trump's IEEPA tariff action under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, while another, penned by University of Virginia law professor Aditya Bamzai, detailed how wartime powers have historically included the power to tax and argued that IEEPA should be read to include these powers (Donald J. Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, U.S. 25-250) (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, U.S. 24-1287).
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
In the Sept. 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 38), CBP published proposals to modify and revoke ruling letters concerning the country of origin for an e-scooter and tariff classifications of shrimp spring rolls and breaded shrimp.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
In remand comments, exporter Saha Thai Steel Pipe said that the Commerce Department wrongly reverted back to its original position on affiliation it had taken despite all parties agreeing with its revised one -- and despite the fact that Court of International Trade Judge Stephen Vaden had only remanded the decision so that Commerce could provide a reasoned explanation for it (Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Co. v. U.S., CIT # 21-00627).
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
Chlorinated isocyanurates (isos) isn’t an “unusual or unique” product that would require a change to the Commerce Department’s surrogate selection procedure, the government said in its Sept. 15 response to domestic producer Bio-Lab’s motion for judgment (Bio-Lab v. United States, CIT # 25-00054).
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
Adverse facts available were warranted for a Vietnamese electric wire exporter’s reporting of its inputs’ countries of origin, the U.S. said Sept. 8 in response to an exporter’s motion for judgment opposing a circumvention ruling (Tanghenam Electric Wire & Cable Co. v. United States, CIT # 25-00049).