On April 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to sit for depositions in a case filed by an importer seeking refunds of tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (“Section 232”).
On January 20, 2025, within hours of taking the oath of office, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) entitled the America First Trade Policy. As anticipated, the EO directs the Department of Commerce, Department of Treasury, Office of the United States Trade Representative and other agencies to examine a host of issues some