CIT Stays Case on Section 232 'Derivatives' Duties Pending Resolution of SCOTUS Appeal

The Court of International Trade in an Aug. 7 order stayed a case challenging President Donald Trump's expansion of Section 232 steel and aluminum duties onto "derivative" products beyond procedural time limits, pending the Supreme Court of the U.S.'s resolution of a case on the same challenge. Judges Jennifer Choe-Groves, M. Miller Baker and Timothy Stanceu stayed the matter until 65 days after PrimeSource Building Products v. U.S. is settled. Importer PrimeSource filed for a writ of certiorari at the high court at the end of July, asking the court to take up the case to settle ambiguity in the statutes delegating vast legislative power to the executive in favor of restraining this delegation (see 2307270028) (Tempo Global Resources v. U.S., CIT # 20-00066).