CTA Shopping Draft Complaint Among Trade Groups to Block Jan. 1 Tariff Hike
CTA hired Akin Gump to draft a complaint that, if pursued in the U.S. Court of International Trade, would seek an injunction blocking tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports before they rise to 25 percent on Jan. 1, we…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
learned from those familiar with the plans. The association is shopping the draft around with other anti-tariff trade groups, seeking legal and financial backing for a court challenge over the IP-related sanctions, they said. Association staffers briefed CTA members on the strategy during an annual conference two weeks ago in Boston (see 1810160041), we're told. Though CTA hasn’t persuaded another trade group to “step up to the plate yet,” there’s time to win backing because no court action would be contemplated before January, said one high-placed individual in CTA membership. We polled a half-dozen trade groups whose opposition to the tariffs is well-publicized to gauge their interest in joining the litigation. Few commented Monday, nor did CTA. The Telecommunications Industry Association said Monday it doesn't now "plan to join the litigation."