CIT dissolves repository requirement in Section 301 tariff case

The Court of International Trade this week said U.S. Customs and Border Protection would not have to establish a repository of contested duties in a case challenging the legality of Trump-era Section 301 tariffs. Instead, CIT stipulated that the government, if it loses, must refund any contested duties that had not been liquidated as of July 6 – the date CIT issued a preliminary injunction barring CBP from continuing to liquidate contested duties – as well as any contested duties...