President Donald Trump on Nov. 2 said he won't attend the Supreme Court's oral argument on Nov. 5 on whether the president can use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he didn't want to call attention to himself, adding that "[i]t's not about me, it's about our country" (Donald J. Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, U.S. 25-250) (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, U.S. 24-1287).
Two Alabama men have been charged with trafficking over 300 weapons and ammunition into Mexico, DOJ announced. Emilio Ramirez Cortes, a Mexican citizen legally residing in the U.S., and his son Edgar Emilio Ramirez Diaz, are both charged with "smuggling firearms, ammunition, magazines and other firearms accessories as well as trafficking of firearms," DOJ said.
The following lawsuit was filed recently at the Court of International Trade:
The Commerce Department improperly used adverse facts available against antidumping duty respondent Oman Aluminium Rolling Company for its failure to report information on the company's movement expenses and its collection of freight revenues in the 2022-23 administrative review of the AD order on aluminum foil from Oman, Oman Aluminium argued in a complaint filed at the Court of International Trade (Oman Aluminium Rolling Company v. United States, CIT # 25-00215).
The U.S. agreed to stay the effective date of an import ban for swimming crab fisheries in Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka pending the National Marine Fisheries Service's reconsideration of the comparability findings for these fisheries (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).
The Trump administration filed its reply brief on Oct. 30 in the Supreme Court cases on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, addressing a host of arguments relating to the text of the IEEPA, all of the statute's requirements and the history of the measure (Donald J. Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, U.S. 25-250) (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, U.S. 24-1287).
The following lawsuit has been filed recently at the Court of International Trade:
Fertilizer exporter OCP on Oct. 27 challenged the International Trade Commission's second remand determination that the U.S. industry is materially injured by phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia, arguing that the ITC relied on the "same facts and reasoning" rejected by the Court of International Trade in its previous decision (OCP S.A. v. United States, CIT Consol. # 21-00219).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Oct. 30 issued its mandate in a case on the 2019-20 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on large diameter welded pipe from Greece. Last month, the court said the Commerce Department reasonably used adverse facts available against respondent Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry for failing to remedy deficiencies in its cost reconciliation submission (see 2509080027). CAFC said Commerce wasn't required to provide Corinth with an opportunity to comment on the agency's analysis that led to the conclusion that the company's reported costs didn't reconcile with its financial accounting system (Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 23-2094).
Exporters Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry, Jiangsu Keri Wood and Sino-Maple won't participate in the appeal on the 2017 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China despite having participated in the case at the Court of International Trade (Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co. v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 26-1050).