The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of July 29 - Aug. 4:
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of July 15-21 and July 22-28:
Printed circuit assemblies (PCAs) imported as components of industrial robot controllers are classifiable as parts for electricity control boards and panels, and not as parts of automatic data processing machines, the Court of International Trade said in a decision issued July 26. The importer, FANUC, had argued the PCAs have data processing functions, but CIT held that a rule against classification as ADPs for machines with a specific function other than data processing also applies to ADP parts.
President Donald Trump on July 26 directed the U.S. trade representative to seek changes at the World Trade Organization that would prevent rich countries from claiming benefits reserved for developing countries in WTO agreements.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 8-14:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 1-7:
Strings of lights imported by Target are not classifiable as lights for Christmas trees, the Court of International Trade said in a July 2 decision. Overturning CBP’s classification, the court found Target’s lighting sets aren’t meant for Christmas trees because they don’t have green wiring and are advertised for Halloween or for general use.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 24-30:
CBP will fully transition to its new Cargo Systems Messaging Service platform on July 1, it said in a CSMS message posted to the new platform. The message, which was not posted to CBP’s legacy system, says CBP will no longer update the old website after June 30, though it will remain available as an archive until Sept. 30, 2019, when the old system will be fully shut down.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 17-23: