President Donald Trump, speaking at an event on artificial intelligence July 23, told the audience that for countries that are smaller trading partners, there will be a tariff imposed on their goods between 15% and 50%.
The U.S. government's "newfound" theory of jurisdiction in two importers' case against the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is "both convoluted and wrong," the importers, Learning Resources and Hand2Mind, argued in a reply brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, D.C. Cir. # 25-5202).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 23, 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 set a target date of Sept. 27 for implementation of an ACE enhancement that would automatically reject manifest filings with insufficient cargo information, such as insufficient cargo descriptions, consignee information or shipper information, according to CBP's Notional Development & Deployment Schedule for July.
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., a lead sponsor of the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act, has convinced 71 other Democrats to join her in clarifying that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't give a president the ability to impose quotas, tariff rate quotas or tariffs on imports.
Although a majority of the Senate voted to end the underlying emergency that allowed the president to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian goods, a vote was blocked in the House.
Philippines President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos told reporters in Manila that the Philippines didn't agree to drop tariffs to zero on all U.S. goods, as the U.S. claimed. He said that the Philippines agreed to eliminate tariffs in particular markets the U.S. really cares about, like automobiles.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 23 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 published notices in the Federal Register July 23 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):
The Commerce Department recently initiated antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on oleoresin paprika from India (A-533-938/C-533-939). The AD investigation period is April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. The CVD investigation period is calendar year 2024.