DOJ says court order scrapping IEEPA tariffs would revive de minimis

A now-stayed Court of International Trade decision overturning President Trump’s International Economic Emergency Powers Act tariffs would also mandate that the administration reinstate de minimis duty-free entry for shipments from China worth $800 or less, according to the Justice Department. In a May 30 filing for a pending CIT challenge to the de minimis policy, DOJ wrote that the court’s order barring “the operation of” any presidential directive to impose tariffs under the IEEPA effectively mandates the return of de...