Inside Trade

October 24, 2025

CIT renews stay on de minimis suit, awaiting Supreme Court’s tariff decision

By David LaRoss  / October 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Court of International Trade is refusing to lift its stay on litigation over President Trump’s executive orders that wound down the de minimis tariff exemption for packages worth $800 or less, electing instead to keep the suit on hold until the Supreme Court decides related challenges over the administration’s “emergency” duties on most U.S. trading partners. Late on Oct. 20, a three-judge CIT panel entered an order in the de minimis suit rejecting a request by the plaintiff, a...

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