President Donald Trump didn't clearly misconstrue the statute when he revoked a Section 201 tariff exclusion on bifacial solar panels, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on Nov. 13. Granting the president wider discretion to make modifications to Section 201 duties, Judges Alan Lourie, Richard Taranto and Leonard Stark said that the statute -- Section 2254(b)(1)(B) of the Trade Act of 1930 -- allows for trade-restricting modifications, as opposed to only trade-liberalizing ones.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Nov. 13 said then-President Donald Trump legally revoked a Section 201 safeguard tariff exclusion on bifacial solar panels, in a decision that gives the president wide discretion in taking tariff action. Reversing the Court of International Trade's decision, Judges Alan Lourie, Richard Taranto and Leonard Stark said the president did not clearly misconstrue the statute to find that he could make a trade-restricting modification to past Section 201 tariff action.
CBP has released its Nov. 8 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 41), which includes the following ruling actions:
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who earlier said the priority should be renewing the African Growth and Opportunity Act "as soon as possible and for a lengthy period," rather than making reforms to the trade preference program, has now put out a "discussion draft" that lays out some reform proposals.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on clad steel plate from Japan (A-588-838); silicomanganese from China (A-570-828) and Ukraine (A-823-805); and steel concrete reinforcing bars from Belarus (A-822-804), China (A-570-860), Indonesia (A-560-811), Latvia (A-449-804), Moldova (A-841-804), Poland (A-455-803) and Ukraine (A-823-809), Commerce said in a notice.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 19, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
In the Oct. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 37), CBP published a proposal to modify a ruling letter concerning woven upholstery fabric.
CBP has released its Oct. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 37), which includes the following ruling action:
CBP has released its Sept. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 35), which includes the following ruling actions:
CBP has released its Oct. 4 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 36), which includes the following ruling actions: