Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, has introduced a bill that would reduce or waive tariffs on some imports for manufacturers who qualify for new general import licenses.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a statement Jan. 7 saying that he hopes there will be a vote on the Russia sanctions bill (see 2512190029 and 2601050050) "as early as next week."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Jan. 8 held that domestic sales, "in certain circumstances, may qualify as the basis for using transaction value as an appraisement method." CAFC Judges Sharon Prost and Tiffany Cunningham, along with U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware Judge Richard Andrews, held that the Court of International Trade got it right when it said the transaction value statute, 19 U.S.C. 1401a(b)(1), doesn't require an "international sale or a sale abroad to have occurred for a sale of merchandise to be considered as a sale 'for exportation to the United States.'"
The African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act (Haiti HELP) are scheduled to get floor votes next week through the suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds majority for passage. Both trade preferences expired Oct. 1.
As CBP shifts its focus from trade facilitation and trade enforcement, conducting reasonable care is no longer enough, and importers must be prepared to do much more, according to the lead analytical content manager for risk management provider Sayari.
A large majority of Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America members said their costs of imported shoes will climb in 2026, at a time when many consumers are pulling back on purchases.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican and self-proclaimed free trader, said the president should lose in the Supreme Court on his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs.
The White House implemented its extension of agricultural quotas for Israel through Dec. 31, 2026, through a notice to be published in the Federal Register Jan. 8. The agreement extends duty-free treatment of some agricultural products imported under-quota; the U.S. plans to make these concessions permanent in a year's time (see 2512300003).
A memorandum of understanding may serve as a bona fide order if an instrument was imported under the Florence Agreement, CBP said in a recent ruling that overturned a previous CBP decision.
President Donald Trump, in a lengthy pep-talk to House Republicans about how to win the midterms, said that his threats of tariffs caused drug companies to lower prices in the U.S., as European countries agreed to pay more for the same medicines.