Tariff evasion techniques such as transshipping goods through third countries, underreporting the value of goods, and mislabeling goods as other items subject to lower tariff rates have resulted in hundreds of billions of...more
3/13/2025
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Evasion ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
US Trade Policies ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
In just under two months since President Donald J. Trump assumed office, multiple tariff measures have been implemented, with additional measures under consideration. These tariffs aim to regulate imports into the U.S. for...more
3/7/2025
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China ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
On Feb. 25, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the secretary of commerce to investigate the effects of copper imports on national security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The...more
On Feb. 26, the U.S. Chassis Manufacturers Coalition (the Coalition or Petitioner, consisting of Cheetah Chassis Corp. and Stoughton Trailers LLC) filed petitions with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S....more
In March 2018, President Donald J. Trump invoked Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to impose duties on imports of steel (25 percent ad valorem) and aluminum (10 percent ad valorem)...more
2/14/2025
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Russia ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
In this episode, we dive into the complex world of tariffs and their far-reaching effects on the automotive and mobility industry. With the recent implementation of President Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum, as well as...more
President Joe Biden issued Executive Orders on July 10, announcing that U.S. imports of steel or aluminum from Mexico may be subject to national security tariffs depending on the origin of their materials. ...more
7/12/2024
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Biden Administration ,
Certification Requirements ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
US Trade Policies
On May 14, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) proposed increased Section 301 tariffs on electric vehicles, batteries, battery parts, steel and aluminum products, semiconductors, and several other products that...more
A U.S. government watchdog published a report on July 28, 2021, concluding that a process for requesting exclusions from Section 301 tariffs developed by the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) lacked transparency....more
On July 6, a panel of three judges in the Court of International Trade (CIT) granted a motion for a preliminary injunction to suspend liquidation of unliquidated entries of imports from China subject to Section 301, Lists 3...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a notice on March 20 seeking comments on proposed modification to remove tariffs imposed under Section 301 on certain Chinese-origin imports that could...more
Overview -
After a setback in trade negotiations, the USTR (U.S. trade representative) increased tariffs on List 3 to 25%....more
International trade tariffs have been leading the news on a daily basis, particularly in light of President Donald J. Trump’s actions to fight Chinese intellectual property and industrial policy trading practices....more