CIT sets date for oral arguments in Section 301 tariff challenge

The U.S. Court of International Trade on Feb. 1 will hear oral arguments in a case challenging the legality of Trump-era tariffs on goods from China. More than 6,500 importers have joined the case in hopes of striking down tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, on exports from China named in two lists, 3 and 4a, covering an estimated $320 billion worth of goods. Plaintiffs claim that Trump was not within...