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> 03/16/26 > USTR Initiates Sec 301 Probe into 60 Countries for Forced Labor Violations

> 03/13/2026 > IEEPA Refund Update: CBP Issues Progress Report to CIT

> 03/13/2026 > USTR Initiates Sec 301 Investigation on EU and 15 Countries

> 03/09/2026 > Update: CIT Suspends Order for IEEPA Refunds

> 03/06/2026 > Section 122 Tariffs in Litigation at CIT as 24 States File Suit

> 03/06/2026 > Sec 122 Tariffs Said to Increase to 15% This Week

> 03/06/2026 > UPDATE: CIT Orders US CBP to Give Importers IEEPA Refunds

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USTR Initiates Sec 301 Probe into 60 Countries for Forced Labor Violations

By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TradeInsights, LCB, CCS The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced, as of March 12, an investigation into sixty (60) countries under Section 301(b) for Forced Labor Violations. Ambassador Greer stated, “These investigations will determine whether foreign governments have taken sufficient steps to prohibit the importation of goods produced with forced labor and…

IEEPA Refund Update: CBP Issues Progress Report to CIT

By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TradeInsights, LCB, CCS Today, March 12, US CBP issued a progress update to the CIT on their development of new capability within ACE to handle IEEPA refunds. The Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) functionality in ACE aims to streamline the processing of refunds related to IEEPA tariffs collected from February 2025 to February…

USTR Initiates Sec 301 Investigation on EU and 15 Countries

By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TradeInsights, LCB, CCS March 11 marks the start of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) initiation of a new Section 301 investigation into several countries where evidence suggests they have “structural excess capacity and production in various manufacturing sectors” which threaten the President’s “reindustrialization efforts [which] continue to face significant challenges due to foreign economies.”…

CIT Suspends Order for IEEPA Refunds

By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TradeInsights, LCB, CCS Today, March 6, the CIT suspended its order instructing US CBP to immediately begin paying refunds for tariffs imposed under IEEPA. The order comes after a conference held earlier in the day where US CBP outlined some of the difficulties in immediately meeting the order. US CBP official Brandon Lord’s comments discussed…

Section 122 Tariffs in Litigation at CIT as 24 States File Suit

By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TradeInsights, LCB, CCS On March 5, 2026, complaint was filed at the Court of International Trade by twenty-four states challenging implementation of Section 122 and its 10% global tariff. The complaint puts forth the argument that the balance of payments crisis does not exist, and that the wide range of exemptions and country carve outs…