The following lawsuit was recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
Law firm Benesch Friedlander changed its Cleveland address from 200 Public Square, Suite 2300, to 127 Public Square, Suite 4900. The firm notified the Court of International Trade on Aug. 18. Benesch Friedlander attorneys represent various clients in 19 separate Section 301 cases, all of which are a part of the massive litigation.
An expert on China's electric vehicle manufacturing praised the Inflation Reduction Act's incentives to build U.S. advanced battery manufacturing capacity but told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that completely cutting China out of that sector's supply chain is impractical. The Zero Emissions Transportation Association has made similar arguments (see 2208040045); the Treasury Department has not yet said how the "country of concern" restrictions for EV tax credits will be applied. However, Treasury allows leased cars to avoid all the localization rules.
The U.S. asked for another 60 days to file its reply brief in the massive Section 301 litigation at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The government said the present suit is a test case for over 4,100 similar cases and an extension would allow DOJ more time to confer with all the federal agencies involved in the case (HMTX Industries v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 23-1891).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 7-13:
Stephen Morrison, former law clerk at the Court of International Trade, joined Morris Manning as an international trade associate, the firm said in a letter to the trade court. Since he served as a law clerk for the last two years at CIT, Morrison is barred from working on various cases at the trade court, including the massive Section 301 case, the firm said.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., joined by 15 members of the Florida House delegation, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and four House members from Georgia, asked the U.S. trade representative for an update on a private sector industry advisory panel of Southeastern fruit and vegetable producers.
A bipartisan duo introduced a bill in the House that would not allow future Section 232 tariffs or quotas without congressional approval, and would give Congress the ability to end the current steel and aluminum tariffs and quotas.
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
CBP incorrectly denied protests seeking retroactive refunds of Section 301 duties for entries of furniture parts and boxes imported from China, importer Store Supply Warehouse said in an Aug. 4 complaint at the Court of International Trade. The protested items consisted of nine entries of hardware racks, three entries of jewelry boxes and 10 entries of showcase parts imported through the Port of Savannah (Store Supply Warehouse v. U.S., CIT # 23-00035).