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The proper standard of review for the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force's (FLETF's) listing and removal decisions regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List is a "reasonable cause to believe that the statutory requirements of the UFLPA have been met," the U.S. argued. Filing a reply brief at the Court of International Trade, the government said exporter Camel Group is wrong to claim that the trade court should adopt a "preponderance of the evidence standard" in assessing FLETF's decision not to remove Camel Group from the UFLPA Entity List (Camel Group v. United States, CIT # 25-00022).
Camel Energy urged the Court of International Trade on Jan. 29 to compel the government to produce documents it withheld during discovery and provide CBP officer John Bristol for another four-hour deposition in the company's case against the seizure of its battery entries under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (Camel Energy v. United States, CIT # 25-00230).
Exporter Camel Group on Jan. 26 urged the Court of International Trade to deny the government's motion for a 14-day extension to file a reply to Camel Group's motion for judgment in a case on the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force's decision not to remove the company from the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (Camel Group v. United States, CIT # 25-00022).
The Court of International Trade on Nov. 4 granted importer Camel Energy's motion to expedite its case against CBP's detention of two of its battery entries. Judge Claire Kelly, who was assigned to the case on Oct. 29, granted the motion to expedite and said that Camel Energy "may file a proposed briefing schedule" along with a "brief statement of reasons as to why this expedited timeframe is necessary" by Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET (Camel Energy v. United States, CIT # 25-00230).
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Battery importer Camel Energy urged the Court of International Trade on Oct. 29 to expedite its case on CBP's exclusion of two of its entries. The company said "good cause" exists to speed up the case, since the importer "continues to incur damages in port and storage fees" and the exclusion of the goods "prevented Camel’s North American customers from receiving their products" (Camel Energy v. United States, CIT # 25-00230).
CBP unlawfully excluded two entries of Camel Energy's battery imports for being made with forced labor in China's Xinjiang province, Camel Energy argued in a complaint at the Court of International Trade. The importer said it's not on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, and the batteries in its entries weren't "mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part using forced labor in the" Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) (Camel Energy v. United States, CIT # 25-00230).
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Exporter Camel Group filed its motion for judgment against the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force's decision not to remove the company from the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, arguing that the decision wasn't backed by substantial evidence or supported by a reasoned explanation. Camel said FLETF used the wrong standard of review in assessing its petition for removal from the UFLPA Entity List, arguing that the task force should have used a "preponderance of the evidence" standard instead of a "reasonable cause to believe" standard" (Camel Group v. United States, CIT # 25-00022).