In a ruling handed down on Wednesday 18 October (Case T-402/20), the General Court of the European Union has annulled the additional customs duties imposed from May 2020 to the end of 2021 on metal mechanical storm lighters from the United States.
In this case, the American lighter manufacturer Zippo is challenging the additional customs duties that the European Union had imposed on certain lighters in response to the Trump Administration’s imposition in January 2020 of customs duties...