The Commerce Department has published the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany (C-428-848). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers of subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Court of International Trade on July 28 denied importer Detroit Axle's motion for a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump's decision to end the de minimis threshold on goods from China, which was made under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Judges Gary Katzmann, Timothy Reif and Jane Restani said they already have granted all the relief the importer is seeking, though the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stayed that relief.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 28 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Court of International Trade on July 28 denied importer Detroit Axle's motion for a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump's decision to eliminate the de minimis threshold for Chinese goods. Judges Gary Katzmann, Timothy Reif and Jane Restani said Detroit Axle can't succeed in "obtaining the relief it seeks," since the trade court already granted the relief the importer seeks in the lead case on Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stayed that relief pending appeal. The court then stayed the remainder of Detroit Axle's case pending resolution of the lead IEEPA tariff case.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 25 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department argued Thursday that a judge's modification of a preliminary injunction against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) signals a state-led lawsuit against the federal government's access to private information is deficient and should be dismissed.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 25 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The U.S. Supreme Court should block a Mississippi age-verification statute as it violates the First Amendment, a coalition of advocacy organizations said in an amicus brief supporting NetChoice.
The U.S. government's "newfound" theory of jurisdiction in two importers' case against the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is "both convoluted and wrong," the importers, Learning Resources and Hand2Mind, argued in a reply brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, D.C. Cir. # 25-5202).