US Courts and Rulings

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U.S. Court Upholds Trump Administration Divestment Order in Chinese Takeover of Tech Company

In an opinion issued earlier this week, a U.S. court ruled in favor of a Trump administration order that a Chinese purchaser of a U.S. audiovisual equipment company must divest the purchase, and that a preliminary injunction appointing a receiver to handle the divestment is the appropriate relief.

Chinese Container Makers Face U.S. Antitrust Indictment

The U.S. Justice Department has indicted four Chinese container manufacturers and seven of their executives in what it called a global price-fixing and production-restriction scheme that inflated shipping container prices and affected U.S. commerce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. Trade Court Ruling Strikes Down Section 122 "Balance-of- Payments Deficits" Tariffs

In a split opinion issued today, a two-judge majority on the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that the surcharge imposed by the Trump administration under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 is inconsistent with the requirements of that statute.

Hytera-Motorola Trade Secret Fight Leads To $50 Million Fine

Last month, a federal judge in Chicago fined Chinese telecommunications company Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd US$50 million for "criminally conspiring to steal proprietary technology from Illinois-based Motorola Solutions, Inc."

In CAFC Appeal, Foreign Producers Keep Up Fight against Collection of Paused Solar Duties

In a judgment issued on August 22 of last year, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that the Biden administration’s two-year suspension of anti-dumping/countervailing duty collections on solar products was illegal. This ruling allowed for retroactive tariffs to be collected on billions of

Supreme Court Petition in China Section 301 Tariff Case Could Impact Future USTR Use of Section 301

A U.S. court case involving the tariffs imposed on Chinese imports during the first Trump administration could provide some clarity on the scope of the power of the U.S. Trade Representative's Office to use tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The plaintiffs

U.S. Government Reconsideration Keeps Labor-Related Import Ban in Place

In a U.S. court case related to an import ban on solar products by Hoshine Silicon (Jia Xing) Industry Co., Ltd., involving concerns about forced labor, the U.S. government requested and received a court remand to reconsider its original determination. In its reconsideration, it concluded that Hoshine "
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