The U.S. filed its opening brief at the Supreme Court on Sept. 19 in the lead cases on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Solicitor General D. John Sauer said the reciprocal tariffs and tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico meant to stop the flow of fentanyl are a valid exercise of IEEPA, adding that the tariffs are a proper expression of presidential policymaking in emergency situations.
The standing up by DOJ of the Trade Fraud Task Force indicates the Trump administration is pouring significantly more resources and attention into prosecuting tariff evasion and customs fraud, and will use the various criminal and civil enforcement tools at their disposal, various attorneys said.
CBP has released its Sept. 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 38), which includes the following ruling actions:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 8-14:
Importers who have paid tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act should look to affirmatively safeguard their right to receive refunds should the Supreme Court vacate in some form President Donald Trump's tariffs imposed under the statute, various law firms said. The attorneys issued the alerts in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to hear two cases on the legality of IEEPA tariffs on an expedited basis (see 2509090058).
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain carbon and alloy steel cut to-length plate from Italy (A-475-834), originally published Dec. 8, 2022, to align the results with the final decision, published Sept. 3, 2025, in a court case that challenged a rate in those results.
The Commerce Department has published amended final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971) for entries during calendar year 2018, originally published Oct. 27, 2021, to align with the final decision in a court case that challenged rates in those results.
On Aug. 20, the Court of International Trade issued its final judgment in a court case -- (Deer Park Glycine, LLC v. U.S., CIT # 23-00238) -- pertaining to the scope ruling for the antidumping duty orders on glycine from India, Japan and Thailand, and the countervailing duty orders on glycine from India and China.
CBP has released its Sept. 10 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 37), which includes the following ruling actions:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Aug. 11-17, Aug. 18-24, Aug. 25-31 and Sept. 1-7: