Customs Lawyer Defends Section 301 Litigation

The Section 301 lawsuits are an important check on the government's imposition of tariffs despite the recent claims of a domestic industry group, a customs lawyer told us. Kenneth Rapoza, an industry analyst with the Coalition for a Prosperous America, had disparaged lawyers representing companies challenging Lists 3 and 4 of the Section 301 tariffs (see 2009300028). "Importers and Exporters, Domestic Producers and the population at large have a right to expect proper federal enforcement of Trade Laws," said Simon Gluck lawyer Chris Kane in an email and on LinkedIn Thursday. "Attorneys play an indispensable role in seeing that happens. In the last BIG case, attorneys protected the rights of U.S. exporters, including the members of Mr. Rapoza’s employer, to retrospective refunds of and prospective dispensation from the Export Harbor Maintenance Tax all the way to U.S. Supreme Court and thereafter. That’s how it works in our legal system," he said.