Commerce Department

In response to a recent push from the Justice Department to stifle a potential Section 232 challenge at the Supreme Court, the American Institute for International Steel claims the public interest would be “better served” by the court’s prompt review.

The Supreme Court should heed precedent and not consider an international steel group’s constitutional challenge of the national security-based statute President Trump has used to employ tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the Justice Department argued this week.

The Commerce Department on Thursday introduced a draft rule that would authorize the use of countervailing duties on countries that undervalue their currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

The National Foreign Trade Council has thrown its support behind the international steel group seeking to challenge the constitutionality of the Section 232 statute at the Supreme Court.

President Trump on Friday signed a proclamation setting a six-month deadline for the U.S. to reach a deal with the European Union and Japan to “address the threatened impairment of the national security with respect to imported automobiles and certain automobile parts.”

The Mexican tomato industry last week rejected a Commerce Department proposal for a new tomato suspension agreement, compelling the representatives to file suit with the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday.

Reuters says the president could take another 180 days.

 Withdrawing from the deal, as the Commerce Department is slated to do on Tuesday, would have “negative consequences,” Gov. Doug Ducey writes.