NEW YORK -- Although the president's obsession with domestic manufacturing doesn't extend to apparel, there are no signs the administration will adjust tariff policy to make clothing imports more affordable, or even adjust rules of origin to privilege nearshoring, an old Washington hand told the U.S. Fashion Industry Association annual conference audience.

Several Democratic senators talked about their legislative efforts to rein in President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff hikes the same day that the Supreme Court grappled with the question of whether Congress gave away too much of its power to the president to set tariffs.

The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated between Oct. 27 and Oct. 29 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):

The following lawsuit was filed recently at the Court of International Trade:

Two Trump appointees, along with the three liberal justices, had sharp questions for the Trump administration's advocate as the Supreme Court held a nearly three-hour hearing on the constitutionality of tariffs imposed around the world under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

President Donald Trump won't attend the oral arguments at the Supreme Court over the legality of his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to levy tariffs on countries around the world, he announced Nov. 2.

The U.S. will drop tariffs on Chinese goods by 10 percentage points on Nov. 10, and also will stop collecting ship-docking fees under the Section 301 action on shipbuilding on that date, the administration announced over the weekend. The fees are suspended for one year.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that whether the deal that was just signed with China is a one-year de-escalation, or more, "is in China's hands to some degree." He called the period a confidence-building step, but that if China doesn't do as it promised, then the U.S. has other options.

As CBP ramps up enforcement and seeks to ensure that importers' claims of first sale are valid, expect the agency to pay close attention to the documents of the middleman, said tax consultants with KPMG during an Oct. 27 presentation on first sale at the International Compliance Professionals Association's annual conference in Texas.

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