Trade-Related Court Cases Filed March 30 - April 5

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 30 - April 5:

Tempo Global Resources, LLC, challenging President Donald Trump's imposition of a new set of Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum “derivative” products on Feb. 8. #20-00066. Filed March 30.

Thatcher Company, Inc., challenging the assessment of antidumping duties and denial of duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences for citric acid imported from India. #20-00067. Filed March 30.

Intercontinental Chemicals, LLC, challenging the Commerce Department's failure to include an importer-specific rate in antidumping duty liquidation instructions issued to CBP on xanthan gum from China. #20-00068. Filed March 30.

Building Systems de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., challenging Commerce's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on fabricated structural steel from Mexico. #20-00069. Filed March 30.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, on the classification of landing gear control units for aircraft. CBP classified the merchandise under subheading 8537.10.9170 (2.7%). Gulfstream says it instead should have been classified under subheading 9032.89.6085 (free). #20-00070. Filed March 31.

Rebar Trade Action Coalition, challenging Commerce's final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey entered in 2017-18. #20-00071. Filed April 2.

Motiv, Inc., on the classification of heart rate and activity tracker rings. CBP classified the merchandise under subheading 9031.80.8085 (0.4%), which is subject to Section 301 tariffs on China under subheading 9903.88.01 (25%). Motiv says it instead should have been classified under subheading 8517.62.0050 (free). #20-00072, -00073. Filed April 3.

Appeals of CIT Decisions

No appeals of Court of International Trade decisions were filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the week of March 30 - April 5.