The state of California opened a lawsuit in the District Court for the Northern District of California on April 16 against President Donald Trump's ability to use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs. The two-count complaint claims that Trump acted beyond his statutory authority granted by IEEPA to impose the "reciprocal" tariffs and the tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and that Trump's tariff actions usurp legislative authority in violation of the U.S. Constitution (State of California v. Donald J. Trump, N.D. Cal. # 3:25-03372).
An exemption for goods in transit from the reciprocal tariffs that recently took effect applies not only to ocean vessels, but to air and truck shipments as well, according to Jeff McCauley, senior director of operations and compliance at DHL Global Forwarding.
Canadian transportation and logistics firm Mullen Group announced that it has acquired customs brokerage firm Cole Group. The deal, expected to close in the second quarter, also includes the acquisition of Cole International and Abco International Freight.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 15 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department announced April 14 it will be withdrawing from an agreement suspending an antidumping duty investigation on Mexican-origin fresh tomatoes and issuing an antidumping duty order on the produce.
On April 14, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 15 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):
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 14, 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 expects to start enforcing regulations requiring retail pharmacies to disclose the country of origin on the bottles of prescription medication meant for private individuals, according to comments made during the agency’s April 15 webinar on marking prescription medications.
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