The changes to the Section 232 aluminum exclusion process described in an interim final rule from the Commerce Department have not yet improved the process, The Aluminum Association said in its comments submitted Nov. 13 on that interim final rule. Decisions have only been made on about 20 percent of the published exclusion requests, and there are still requests published six months ago that haven't gotten an answer. "While the number of requests, objections, rebuttals and sur-rebuttals in the aluminum docket are far lower than the steel docket, the requests -- as well as objections and rebuttals -- are still difficult to monitor" because there's no adequate tracking system. Users can't search on HTS code, country of origin or the type of alloys -- they have to open every single file, the trade group noted.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Nov. 5-11:
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The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 4:
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The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 22-28:
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CTA hired Akin Gump to draft a complaint that, if pursued in the U.S. Court of International Trade, would seek a preliminary injunction blocking the Trade Act Section 301 tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports before the duties are scheduled to rise to 25 percent on Jan. 1, we learned from those familiar with the plans. The association is shopping the draft around with other anti-tariff trade groups, seeking their legal and financial backing to support a court challenge, they said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 15-21:
Two domestic bicycle manufacturers filed a petition Oct. 19 seeking new Section 201 safeguard duties on mass-market bicycles. Detroit Bikes and Bicycle Corporation of America say the dominance of imported mass-market bicycles makes it impossible for U.S. manufacturing to re-establish itself. The companies seek a tariff-rate quota over a period of four years, along with a decrease in the de minimis level for imported bikes and duty-free access for parts used in U.S. bicycle manufacturing operations. The duties would apply to bicycles from all countries, though the International Trade Commission can exempt free trade agreement partners.