CIT selects Learning Resources, stays all other Section 301 forced-labor cases
The immediate deadline is the August 24 Learning Resources brief. Before then, update the CIT claim-and-remedy matrix. Keep Colombian facility evidence separate from origin, leave the reported Canada rate outside broker instructions, and route CAPE exceptions by legal, entry, and payment owner.
Four analyses published on August 20 move different decisions: how claims travel under the CIT stay, whether tariff relief reaches damaged Colombian facilities, when a reported Canada rate becomes an entry rule, and what must happen before an IEEPA refund becomes payment.
Learning Resources is the only Section 301 forced-labor case designated for the panel's initial consideration and resolution. Its Rule 56.1 opening brief is due August 24. Counsel should use that filing to identify any claim or remedy the sample case does not carry. A party seeking to lift another case's stay must consult the other parties and the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee at least three days before filing, then show good cause for departure from the panel's case-management procedure.
Read the full analysis: CIT Forced-Labor Sample Case Order Stays Other Panel Cases, Requires Good Cause.
Colombia's request for a temporary U.S. tariff suspension creates a targeting problem. An origin-only pause could reduce duties on imports from unaffected facilities while providing no additional U.S. customs benefit for goods from quake-hit exporters that are already exempt or do not enter the U.S. market. Sourcing teams should connect each covered entry to the production facility and record whether any duty saving reaches the affected supplier.