The National Taxpayers Union, an anti-tax group, is arguing that House Republicans should not, for the third time, change the rules of the House to block a vote on the underlying emergencies that allowed the president to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Aug. 11-17, Aug. 18-24, Aug. 25-31 and Sept. 1-7:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 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.
In the Sept. 3 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 36), CBP published proposals to modify and revoke ruling letters concerning the tariff classifications of certain vehicles for the transport of goods.
Taiwan is the country where the last substantial transformation occurred for Neat Board Pro, an all-in-one video conferencing device specifically designed for medium-to-large meeting spaces, CBP ruled on Aug. 27.
The FLY Server, an application for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft 365, is last substantially transformed in the U.S., according to an Aug. 27 CBP ruling that was recently published in the Federal Register.
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The Supreme Court on Sept. 9 agreed to hear two cases on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and to do so on an expedited basis. The court set a briefing schedule that would conclude by Oct. 30 and set argument for the first week of November (Donald J. Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, U.S. 25-250) (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, U.S. 24-1287).
The Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases, on an expedited basis, concerning the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Briefing will conclude by Oct. 30 and the consolidated cases will be heard the first week of November. The high court decided to consolidate two cases on the issue, one of which was fully before the court on the merits following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's ruling that the reciprocal tariffs and tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico to combat the flow of fentanyl went beyond the president's authority in IEEPA. The second case, which was pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was exclusively on whether IEEPA categorically allows for tariffs.