California Aluminum Companies Pay $549.5 Million for Tariff-Evasion Scheme Involving Fake Pallets
A group of California-based aluminum companies will pay $549.5 million to settle federal allegations that they ran a scheme to dodge antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions imported from China. The Justice Department announced the settlement on May 13, calling it a direct product of President Trump’s America First Trade Policy. The alleged scheme…