CIT Extends Temporary Block on End to Bifacial Solar Safeguard Exemption

Court of International Trade Judge Gary Katzmann extended until Nov. 21 his temporary restraining order barring the government from ending an exemption for bifacial panels from safeguard duties on solar cells, he said in an order issued Nov. 6. The temporary hold had been scheduled to expire Nov. 7, but Katzmann said he is still considering plaintiff Invenergy’s motion to amend an existing injunction to stop President Donald Trump’s Oct. 10 presidential proclamation on the safeguard duties from taking effect. The proclamation had provided for termination of the bifacial exemption effective Oct. 25, but was blocked by Katzmann’s temporary restraining order the day before it took effect (see 2010260025).