Commerce wins deadline extension in Section 232 autos report case

Citing “the extraordinary circumstances posed by COVID-19,” the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted the Commerce Department a deadline extension in a lawsuit brought to force the release of the department’s Section 232 report on auto and parts imports. Cause of Action sued Commerce in March 2019 after the department failed to respond to the government oversight group’s Freedom of Information Act request to make public a report on the national security implication of auto...