President Donald Trump fired the three Democratic members of the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission on May 9. Now-former member Richard Trumka said that he was fired "illegally." He was nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate for a seven-year term beginning on Oct. 27, 2021.
On May 8, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., introduced a bill to require notification of Congress and provide justification for tariffs enacted through presidential action.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are teaming to introduce a bill called the Truth in Tariffs Act.
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, in a press briefing on May 8, told a reporter that even after the negotiations are done with the U.K., the president is not open to removing an additional 10% tariff on nearly all British goods. Countries like the U.K., that buy more U.S. goods than they export to the U.S., were hit with 10% tariffs, on the argument that if their trade barriers were lower, they would buy even more.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 8, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP has released its May 7 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 19). While it contains no ruling notices, it includes nine Court of International Trade slip opinions and five U.S. Court of Appeals decisions.
An exemption from reciprocal tariffs for U.S. content that rises above 20% should be calculated only on the basis of a good’s physical characteristics, CBP said in an update to its FAQ on International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs. “Non-physical elements” like research and development, intellectual property rights and royalties can’t be included toward exempt U.S. content, CBP said.
The Commerce Department is beginning a Section 232 investigation on possible tariffs on commercial aircraft and jet engines, including parts, it said in a notice released May 9. The agency will consider “the effects on national security of imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines,” as well as “whether additional measures, including tariffs or quotas, are necessary to protect national security,” among other things. Comments are due June 3.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 9 upheld the Court of International Trade's classification of 14 mixtures of frozen fruits and vegetables under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 0811.90.80, the residual category for "other" frozen fruit.