In recent weeks, the global trade environment has experienced an unprecedented level of volatility and uncertainty due to a series of new trade policies announced by the US. Those actions have triggered responses by the US’...more
On April 2, 2025, the Trump Administration announced new, comprehensive tariff rates representing the most significant change in US trade policy in a generation—a paradigm shift from an era of low tariffs to an approach based...more
4/10/2025
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Executive Orders ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Reciprocity Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
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US Trade Policies
On 2 April 2025, President Trump announced new tariffs on all imports into the United States. In this briefing, we summarise the key measures and the expected impact on global trade.
The new “reciprocal” tariffs -
The...more
4/4/2025
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China ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
India ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
South Korea ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
Vietnam
Executive Orders on Timber and Lumber Imports and Expanding US Timber Production -
On March 1, President Trump issued a pair of Executive Orders intended to address the impact of timber and lumber imports and to promote...more
3/7/2025
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Imports ,
International Trade ,
Lumber Industry ,
National Security ,
Section 232 ,
Tariffs ,
Timber ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
In his first tangible action implementing his campaign promise to impose broad tariffs, on February 1, 2025, President Trump issued three Executive Orders (the EOs) directing that across-the-board tariffs be imposed on goods...more
2/11/2025
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China ,
Energy Sector ,
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Legislative Agendas ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
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Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trump Administration
In the latest action to expand sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, on March 8, 2022, President Biden announced in a televised speech a ban on imports of Russian oil, natural gas, and coal into the...more
3/11/2022
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Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Relations ,
General Licenses ,
Imports ,
Magnitsky Act ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Russia ,
Tariffs ,
WTO
In response to shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) critical to limiting the spread of and mitigating the impact of COVID-19, the United States has recently issued a series of rules, memoranda, and other guidance...more
4/22/2020
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Exports ,
FEMA ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Imports ,
Medical Equipment ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Tariffs ,
USTR
On 1 June 2018, the US imposed tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from the EU, Canada and Mexico. The tariffs are 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium. ...more
6/5/2018
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Canada ,
EU ,
GATT ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trade Policy ,
WTO
On March 8, 2018, President Trump signed Presidential Proclamations adjusting imports of steel and aluminum into the US. This action marks the imposition of heavy tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, in a move that may...more
3/23/2018
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
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Countervailing Duties ,
EU ,
GATT ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy ,
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U.S. Commerce Department ,
WTO
On January 23, 2018, the White House released its long-awaited decision on safeguard measures to limit imports of solar cells and modules. The President’s decision follows the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC)...more
During the recent campaign and the transition, President-elect Donald Trump generally has advocated a more aggressive U.S. international trade and economic policy as part of his plan to generate economic growth and retain and...more
In an unusual change of course, the United Steelworkers Union (USW) has now withdrawn the Section 201 petition it filed just last week to request temporary relief against imports of primary unwrought aluminum. According to...more
On April 18, the United Steelworkers Union (USW) petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) for relief pursuant to Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, a safeguard provision of the U.S. trade...more