Reps. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., and 23 other lawmakers from around the country asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to work with Japan and Vietnam on getting them to lower tariffs on and with South Korea on getting it to approve fresh blueberry exports from states other than Oregon.
President Donald Trump said he and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would talk about changing Turkey's tariff treatment in their meeting Sept. 25, but after the two-hour meeting ended, there was no announcement on adjusting the scope of Turkey's 15% reciprocal tariffs, or Section 232 tariffs on steel.
CBP has released its Sept. 24 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 39), which includes the following ruling action:
Recent entry filers that want to take advantage of new, retroactive tariff exemptions for some products from the EU (see 2509240038) should correct their entries "as soon as possible" and no later than 10 days of the cargo's "release from CBP custody and prior to estimated duties being deposited to avoid needing refunds," CBP said in a CSMS message on the EU tariff changes.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Sept. 25 upheld the Lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs. CAFC Judges Todd Hughes and Alan Lourie, along with Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas, who was sitting by designation, said the tariffs were a valid exercise of the government's authority under Section 307(a)(1)(C), which lets the U.S. Trade Representative "modify or terminate any action" taken under Section 301, where such action is "no longer appropriate."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Sept. 25 upheld the lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on China, finding them to be a valid exercise of authority under Section 307(a)(1)(C). CAFC Judges Todd Hughes and Alan Lourie, along with Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap, sitting by designation, held that the statute's permission to "modify" Section 301 action where it's "no longer appropriate," allows the U.S. trade representative to ramp up the tariffs if the original action is "insufficient" to achieve its "stated purpose."
President Donald Trump posted on social media that a new round of tariffs will begin Oct. 1, on kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, upholstered furniture, brand-name pharmaceuticals and heavy trucks. He said the tariffs on cabinets and vanities, furniture and heavy trucks are for national security purposes.
Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, who recently led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Ukraine, Poland and Germany, called on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sept. 24 to schedule a House floor vote on the proposed Sanctioning Russia Act, which would impose additional sanctions on Russia and new tariffs on countries that buy its oil and gas.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released a letter she sent Sept. 24 to Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour, asking him whether he used Rolex's luxury box at the U.S. Open Tennis Championship as a venue to lobby President Donald Trump and his staff about exempting luxury watches from 39% reciprocal tariffs on Swiss exports.
The ACE certification environment has a new functionality that increases the maximum number of entry summaries on a statement from 2,000 to 9,999, CBP said in a recent cargo systems message.