Trump allowed to suspend de minimis exemption, U.S. court rules
The ruling lets Trump keep collecting duties on low-value imports, and Customs and Border Protection has already taken in more than $1 billion.
- A federal trade court upheld President Donald Trump's removal of the de minimis exemption that allowed low-value goods to be imported tax-free to the U.S..
- The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's suspension of the exemption for packages worth $800 or less entering tariff-free can continue..
- Trump stated on Truth Social that foreign shippers could previously send packages worth up to $800 duty-free and with less scrutiny before the change..
- A three-judge panel unanimously decided that under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the president can cancel privileges like the de minimis duty-free treatment..
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Court backs Trump on rescinding de minimis tariff exemption
A federal trade court agreed Thursday that President Trump lawfully ended a tariff exemption for low-cost goods last year. Trump did so by invoking the same 1970s-era emergency statute that the Supreme Court ruled he could not use to authorize his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs. The U.S. Court of International Trade said ending a tariff exemption is legally…
Court of International Trade Upholds President’s Authority to Shut Down the $800 De Minimis Tariff Loophole — Giant Pipeline for Chinese Junk, Fentanyl, and Tariff Cheats Crushed * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft
Three-judge panel rules that emergency law allows President Trump to suspend duty-free treatment exploited by foreign shippers President Donald Trump scored a major legal victory Thursday when the United States Court of International Trade upheld his authority to close the duty-free “de minimis” loophole for low-value foreign shipments. The post Court of International Trade Upholds President’s Authority to Shut Down the $800 De Minimis Tariff Lo…
‘Ridiculous giveaway’: In big win for president, court allows tariff loophole to be closed * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link President Donald Trump has been handed a victory in his battle to equalize international trade, so that American consumers and businesses see the same benefits as foreign organizations, with a decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade. That ruled he was allowed to close a loophole in America’s trade policy that essentially
Trump Celebrates “Big” Court Win
President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed a court ruling upholding his administration’s authority to end the “de minimis” trade exemption, a policy that allowed foreign shipments valued at up to $800 to enter the United States duty-free. Trump called the decision a “BIG WIN,” arguing that the exemption had been exploited by tariff evaders, counterfeiters and fentanyl traffickers. Trump said, “America is now SAFER, our Workers are better protecte…
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