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On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment” (“the E.O.”) amending prior executive orders imposing “reciprocal tariffs”...more
The first quarter of 2025 has reshaped the U.S. trade landscape with a flurry of executive actions by the Trump administration, introducing a new wave of tariffs on imports from almost all U.S. trading partners. The Trump...more
On March 3, 2025, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2025 Trade Policy Agenda and 2024 Annual Report by the United States Trade Representative of the President of the United States on the...more
On 2 April 2025, President Trump announced a series of “reciprocal” tariffs on US imports from all countries. The tariffs apply at different rates by country, starting at a baseline of 10% and reaching as high as 50%....more
On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (the Reciprocal Tariffs Executive Order or Executive Order) imposing a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on nearly all U.S. trading partners, effective April 5,...more
The month of April will mark the close of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, in which we have already seen a number of significant trade-related announcements, orders, actions, and retractions come from...more
On April 2, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders (EOs) to impose reciprocal tariffs on select countries and revoke China’s eligibility for the de minimis exemption. The long-previewed actions fulfill a...more
Following a petition from five national labor unions seeking an investigation into China’s policies and practices aimed at dominating the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced its proposed actions under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 301”), in connection with its Investigation of China's Targeting of the...more
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
On February 1, President Trump signed executive orders imposing additional tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in response to an emergency declared at the border...more
On February 13, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs” (the “Reciprocal Tariffs Memorandum”), introducing the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” to determine “the equivalent of a...more
The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) has proposed Section 301 actions that seek to counteract practices in the Chinese shipbuilding industry that the USTR believes burden or restrict U.S. commerce. Under Section...more
On 21 February 2025, President Trump ordered three additional steps to implement the America First Trade Policy announced on 20 January 2025: Establish a notice and comment process for the US Trade Representative (USTR) to...more
This week, President Trump indicated that he was considering imposing additional import tariffs on goods from specific sectors. The trade press reported that President Trump has identified the auto, pharmaceuticals and...more
Following days of speculation, President Donald Trump announced on February 13, 2025, a new tariff policy outlined in a Presidential Memorandum entitled the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” (Plan). The Memorandum directs key trade...more
Thursday, President Trump issued a memorandum introducing the President’s “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” to investigate and take actions to correct “longstanding imbalances in international trade.”...more
On Feb. 13, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to review all tariffs imposed on U.S. exports as well as other non-tariff trade barriers that...more
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review process is scheduled to begin on July 1, 2026, but the time to prepare is now. Embedded trade compliance professionals should already be doing scenario...more
If you have a company that imports chemicals – whether they are used as raw materials or components for onward manufacturing, or finished goods containing chemical components – you have been facing significant challenges over...more
Canada and Mexico - On 3 February 2025, the United States reached agreements with Canada and Mexico to pause tariffs on imports from those countries in exchange for actions on border security, illegal drugs, and immigration....more
Use of Tariffs to Resolve a Crisis. The Trump Administration has demonstrated a willingness to apply new tariffs to goods entering the U.S. as a viable tactic under its America First strategy to achieve greater fairness in...more
UPDATE: At 10:41 Monday morning President Trump posted on Truth Social announcing that the tariffs with respect to Mexico will be delayed by one month. “I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very...more
Companies that import from Canada, Mexico or the People’s Republic of China should take steps now to minimize the impact of recently announced tariffs. In an executive order signed on Feb. 1, 2025, President Trump imposed...more