On March 19, 2026, Brandon Lord, the Executive Director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, filed a status update with the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) outlining CBP’s progress in developing a new Automated Commercial Environment (“ACE”) functionality intended to support refunds of tariffs that were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”).
On Friday, March 5, 2026, twenty-four (24) states filed a complaint in the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) against the Trump Administration challenging the legality of the Section 122 duties imposed on February 20th after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not permit the president to impose tariffs. For additional information about the Supreme Court’s decision and the Section 122 duties, see our prior blog posts here and here.
On March 4, 2026, following the February 20, 2026 decision by the Supreme Court invalidating IEEPA tariffs, the Court of International Trade ordered CBP to (a) liquidate “without regard to IEEPA duties” all unliquidated entries that were subject to IEEPA tariffs, and (b) reliquidate “without regard to IEEPA duties” any entries for which liquidation is not yet final.
Week Seventeen
CIT Unequivocally Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs as Invalid
On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), in a unanimous decision, held tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to be unlawful and invalid. The CIT’s order
On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), in a unanimous decision, held tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to be unlawful and invalid. The CIT’s order covers IEEPA tariffs imposed against Canada, Mexico and China related
In a September 6, 2023 opinion issued by Judge M. Miller Baker in three cases brought under the Court’s residual jurisdiction provision, 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i), the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) held that reliquidation is available as a remedy in Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) cases. At least in the short term, this decision creates
In Husch Blackwell’s August 2023 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
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