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President Trump Suspends Most Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days, While Significantly Increasing Tariffs on China

On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (Reciprocal Tariffs EO) imposing a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on nearly all US trading partners, effective April 5, and an additional reciprocal tariff on...more

President Trump Announces Significant Reciprocal Tariffs and Elimination of De Minimis Exemption

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 EU Anti-Coercion Regulation: A New Tool Against Economic Pressure

As global economic pressures mount, the EU has armed itself with a powerful new tool to counter economic coercion. The EU Anti-Coercion Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/2675) has been fully in force for about a year...more

The US and China Trade Opening Barbs

On February 1, 2025, the Trump Administration announced that it would impose tariffs on imports of certain goods from Canada, Mexico and China, to be effective February 4, 2025. Although the Trump Administration reached...more

Post-Election Trade Strategy for Businesses: Understanding the Landscape

President-elect Trump’s election victory has renewed the focus on international trade as a top-line concern for corporate executives. During the campaign, the president-elect expressed support for tariffs and other trade...more

USTR Announces New Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Products

On May 14, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it is proposing to add or increase tariffs on select Chinese-origin products in “strategic sectors,” pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more

USTR Terminates Section 301 Actions on Digital Services Taxes in Austria, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom; Treasury...

On November 19, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it would terminate the actions it had taken under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to digital services taxes (DSTs) adopted by...more

Commerce Department Overhauls Trade Enforcement Regulations

Yesterday the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the most comprehensive revisions to its regulations for enforcing trade remedy laws since the 1990s - the completion of a rulemaking process that started under the...more

Expanding the Geostrategic Toolbox: The EU White Paper on Foreign Subsidies

On 17 June 2020, the European Commission (‘EC’) issued a White Paper proposing three new regulatory tools to tackle distortive effects that may be caused by foreign subsidies in the EU Single Market (the ‘White...more

USTR Launches Section 301 Probe of France's Digital Services Tax

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced on July 10 the initiation of an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into France’s digital services tax (“DST”). The French Senate...more

USTR Announces Process for Filing Product-Specific Exclusion Requests for "List 3" of Chinese Products Subject to Section 301...

On June 24, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice outlining the process by which US stakeholders may request product-specific exclusions for the third tranche of Chinese products...more

USTR Releases List 4 of Chinese Products Potentially Subject to Section 301 Duties; China Announces Retaliatory Measures

On May 13, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released another list of Chinese products that may become subject to an additional duty of up to 25% ad valorem, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more

U.S., Mexico, Canada Agree to Update NAFTA

After more than a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, the United States, Mexico, and Canada (the “Parties”) reached an agreement late Sunday night to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”)—renaming...more

USTR Releases Additional List of Chinese Products Potentially Subject to Section 301 Duties Sets Out Product Exclusion Process

On July 10, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of Chinese products that may become subject to an additional duty of 10% ad valorem, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more

8-in-8 Recent Trends in European Law and Policy Alert Series Update on Brexit and International Trade

This is the fifth issue of WilmerHale’s 8-in-8 Recent Trends in European Law and Policy Alert Series. Our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting companies doing business in Europe and across...more

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