Making Trade Inclusive for All Americans Podcast: A Conversation with the President of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA)
On September 16, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the final modifications on China 301 tariffs after completing its statutory four-year review in May 2024....more
On July 10, 2024, the President issued two Presidential Proclamations related to the imposition of Section 232 duties on certain steel and aluminum products from Mexico. The first establishes a “melt and pour” requirement...more
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Government narrowed the tariff exclusions on imports of certain steel and aluminum articles from Mexico, citing national security concerns. These measures effectively impose new tariffs aimed at...more
The Biden administration has announced a package of policy measures to protect the US steel, aluminum, and shipbuilding industries from what they allege are unfair trade practices by China and calling the industries critical...more
In October 2021, the European Union and the United States launched negotiations for a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum, or GASSA, which would link import restraints to exporting countries' efforts to...more
Rare-earth magnets (i.e., neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnets), widely considered the most efficient way to power EVs, are the latest commodity to be potentially subject to Section 232 tariffs, which have previously been...more
The U.S. and the EU have announced a settlement regarding the U.S. Section 232 duties on European steel and aluminum products. As part of that settlement, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced that the 25...more
In Husch Blackwell’s April 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law: •Court of International Trade declared Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum...more
- In Presidential Proclamation 10060, announced on August 6, 2020, President Trump reinstated a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada under the Section 232 of the Trade...more
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Federal Register Notice which is due to be published on May, 19, 2020, inviting comments from interested parties on its investigation regarding the...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 4 (February 20, 2020) - The United States has imposed a 10% tariff on aluminum imports and a 25% tariff on steel imports since March 2018, following a determination by U.S....more
New Tariffs on Imported Steel and Aluminum Derivative Products - On February 8, 2020, the United States expanded tariffs on steel and aluminum raw material imports to include finished product imports from all but a select...more
The Situation: The Trump administration announced new tariffs on imports of certain derivative, or "downstream," steel and aluminum articles with exemptions for certain countries. These tariffs are in addition to the existing...more
- President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 9980 on January 24, 2020, expanding the product scope of existing tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on certain articles of aluminum and...more
A mounting death toll (over 106 and counting) and fears of a coronavirus pandemic sent markets tumbling early on Monday and kicked off a selloff that continued all day....more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 23 (December 12, 2019) - United States President Donald Trump tweeted in the early morning of December 2 that he would “restore the Tariffs on all Steel & Aluminum that is shipped...more
While China commands the media spotlight in the global war on trade, new trade battles are being waged south of the equator. On Monday December 2, 2019, President Trump announced that he would reinstate tariffs on aluminum...more
Throughout his presidency, President Trump has used tariffs – and the threat of tariffs – to address an unprecedented variety of economic and national security threats. As if to underscore the point, on December 2, 2019, the...more
President Trump, on December 2, 2019, announced via a Twitter post that the tariff exemptions granted to Argentina and Brazil from tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports would end “effective...more
Because who wants a nice quiet December, right? Yesterday, the U.S. opened yet another trade war front by proposing retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on a wide range of French imports after announcing that “it found France’s...more
Earlier this year, we posted our 2019 Corporate Compliance & Litigation Outlook. In the post, we said the following with respect to tariffs...more
While the U.S. economy overall is strong, there are risks that will likely affect the automotive supply chain in the coming year. These include tariffs on products such as steel and aluminum, and continuing trade disputes...more
The impact of tariffs in the automotive industry remains a topic of interest. Automotive companies are assessing the impact of the tariffs in their supply chain and developing strategies for passing through increased costs....more
The first half of 2018 has seen the United States place sweeping import tariffs on steel and aluminum products, and on thousands of Chinese products. In response, China, the European Union, Canada and other countries have...more
Driven by a newly aggressive “America First” trade policy under the Trump administration, global trade barriers are increasing rapidly, with proposals for new tariffs and non-tariff barriers issued by U.S. and foreign...more