The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has launched three Section 232 investigations covering pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical ingredients, and their derivative products; semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment...more
4/18/2025
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The increased, country-specific tariffs imposed under President Trump's Reciprocal Tariff Executive Order (EO) went into effect on April 9, 2025, but were paused for 90 days shortly thereafter. A ten percent tariff now...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order imposing tariffs on all goods entering into the United States. A blanket ten percent tariff goes into effect on all goods April 5, 2025. Then, on April 9, 2025,...more
4/7/2025
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On March 26, 2025, President Trump imposed 25 percent tariffs on practically all automobiles and automobile parts not manufactured in the U.S. The automobile tariff is effective April 3, 2025. The automobile parts tariff must...more
President Trump announced his America First Trade Policy on his first day in office. This Policy directed federal agencies to conduct investigations on a wide spectrum of trade policies including Addressing Unfair and...more
3/10/2025
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President Trump announced his Fair and Reciprocal Plan (the Plan) pursuant to his America First Trade Policy. While the Memorandum does not immediately create any new tariffs, it outlines the Trump administration's plan to...more
2/27/2025
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President Trump issued two Proclamations wherein he reinstated 25 percent tariffs on all steel imports subject to the original Section 232 action and subsequent steel derivatives action and increased the Section 232 duties on...more
2/14/2025
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Given the fast-moving developments, this alert originally published on Monday, February 3, 2025, is updated to reflect the pause in the proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and the retaliatory tariffs that China announced...more