House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., cheered the trade deals that leave 19% tariffs in place on Cambodian and Malaysian goods, while those countries lower their tariffs.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Oct. 13-19 and 20-26:
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).
The addition of caustic soda as a high priority sector for forced labor enforcement through the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act represents an entirely new compliance challenge for importers because of its ubiquity and difficulty to trace, according to an Oct. 6 report by risk intelligence firm Kharon.
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Citing forced labor indicators, CBP has issued a withhold release order blocking imports of bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories from Taiwanese manufacturer Giant Manufacturing.
CBP has issued a withhold release order blocking imports of bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories from Taiwanese manufacturer Giant Manufacturing amid forced labor allegations. A Sept. 24 CBP release said CBP found five forced labor indicators during its investigation of Giant: abuse of vulnerability; abusive working and living conditions; debt bondage; withholding of wages; and excessive overtime. CBP says this WRO is the third issued in 2025 and the fourth issued in fiscal year 2025, which ends on Sept. 30.
CBP failed to explain its finding that Dominican exporter Kingtom Aluminio made its aluminum extrusions with forced labor, the Court of International Trade held on Sept. 23. Vacating and remanding the forced labor finding, Judge Timothy Reif said the agency failed to "articulate a satisfactory explanation for its action” based on a “rational connection between the facts found and the choice made" in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act's arbitrary and capricious standard.
A former FDA overseas inspector told a Senate committee that in India and China fraud is common, including with falsified purity tests, and at times, lies about where pharmaceutical drugs are made.
The end of the de minimis exemption could favor larger importers that are able to handle the additional data requirements while maintaining fast deliveries to consumers, according to Vince Iacopella, president of trade and government relations for Alba Wheels Up.