The U.S. Court of International Trade should deny DOJ’s motion to add a November 2018 investigatory “update” report from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to the administrative record in the Section 301 litigation (see 2202160028) because the government failed to show USTR “actually relied on or considered” the report when it was deciding to impose either the Lists 3 or 4A tariffs on Chinese imports, said Akin Gump lawyers for sample-case plaintiffs HMTX Industries and Jasco Products in a partial opposition Wednesday in docket 1:21-cv-52.

The U.S. Court of International Trade should deny the Department of Justice's motion to add a November 2018 investigatory “update” report from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to the administrative record in the Section 301 litigation (see 2202160033) because the government has failed to show that USTR “actually relied on or considered” the report when it was deciding to impose either the Lists 3 or List 4A tariffs on Chinese imports, Akin Gump lawyers for sample-case plaintiffs HMTX Industries and Jasco Products said in a partial opposition brief filed Feb. 16.

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The Department of Justice wants the U.S. Court of International Trade to include two documents that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative “realized” were missing from the administrative record filed April 30 by the government in the Section 301 litigation, it said in a Feb. 15 motion to correct the record. USTR Assistant General Counsel Megan Grimball said in a declaration that the documents were “inadvertently omitted.” DOJ said USTR discovered the omissions in the two weeks since the Feb. 1 oral argument.

DOJ wants the U.S. Court of International Trade to include two documents that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative “realized” were missing from the administrative record filed April 30 by the government in the Section 301 litigation, it said in a Tuesday motion to correct the record. USTR Assistant General Counsel Megan Grimball said in a declaration the documents were “inadvertently omitted.” DOJ said USTR discovered the omissions in the two weeks since oral argument Feb. 1.

The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:

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The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:

TV imports to the U.S. were a $15.24 billion business in total 2021 customs value generated, up 19.6% from 2020, the first time annual TV imports topped $15 billion since Census began tracking TV shipments in 2007 under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule’s 8528.72.64 subheading, according to Census data accessed Sunday through the International Trade Commission’s DataWeb portal.

January’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing the largest 12-month increase in the consumer price index in 40 years shows the need for the "immediate elimination and refund of punitive Section 301 tariffs on U.S. imports from China,” said American Apparel & Footwear Association CEO Steve Lamar Thursday. “These price increases are not subtle and not sustainable,” said Lamar: “Consumers are feeling taxed at the register -- online and in-store -- due to record-setting inflationary pressure.” Lamar’s association was one of seven trade groups joining with CTA and the National Retail Federation to file an amicus brief in the Section 301 litigation urging the U.S. Court of International Trade to vacate the Lists 3 and 4A tariffs on Chinese imports due to violations of Administrative Procedure Act protections against sloppy and unresponsive federal rulemakings.