With the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, staying on top of the latest updates is crucial for companies in biopharma and medical devices. In this briefing, we highlight recent regulatory and legislative developments...more
4/28/2025
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Overview of Section 232 Actions -
While President Trump has often utilized the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy tariffs during the recent onslaught of tariff action, Section 232 of the Trade...more
As the Trump administration forges ahead with its trade agenda, including almost weekly new tariffs, and antidumping and countervailing duties orders, heightened False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement is sure to follow. Below, we...more
On March 21, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated its Section 232 FAQs to address the recent expansion of the steel and aluminum derivative lists. We note that the additional FAQs added by CBP are under the...more
Tariffs on Canada and Mexico
The Federal Register notices concerning tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports to the United States are available here and here....more
With the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, staying on top of the latest updates is crucial for companies in biopharma and medical devices. In this briefing, we highlight recent regulatory and legislative developments...more
The White House proclamation directing Commerce to initiate a Section 232 investigation on copper imports is now live. As always, the stakes are high, and the outcome could leave industries feeling a bit short-circuited....more
In light of the recent changes to U.S. trade policy, specifically the imposition of tariffs under the Trump administration, Faegre Drinker’s trade team has received a significant number of inquiries from clients and partners...more
On February 13, 2025, President Trump held a closed-door conference on reciprocal tariffs.
During the conference, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum proposing reciprocal tariffs that will be customized for...more
The breaking tariff news continues — this time with a focus on steel and aluminum imports. On Monday, February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order expanding his 2018 Section 232 national security tariffs...more
Deferral of Tariffs on Imports From Canada and Mexico -
The previously announced tariffs against goods from Canada and Mexico have been paused for one month, with both Canada and Mexico agreeing to take, respectively,...more
In a highly anticipated development, on May 3, 2022, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the initiation of a statutory process whereby USTR is expected to conduct a reassessment of the existing Section 301...more
On January 25, 2022, Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled long-awaited legislation, the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength...more
On October 4, 2021, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai unveiled the contours of the Biden administration’s long-awaited trade policy with respect to China. As hoped for among many in the U.S. business...more
As the litigation in the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging the validity of the Section 301 List 3 and List 4A duties marches forward (In Re Section 301 Cases, 1:21-cv-00052), affected importers are...more
In the latest phase of the 16-year trans-Atlantic dispute over government subsidies to The Boeing Company and Airbus SE, on October 26, 2020, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) authorized the...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2020 the initiation of two investigations into Vietnam’s acts, policies and practices related to currency valuation, and the...more
You may have asked yourself, “can I still file a court challenge against the Section 301 List 3 tariffs?” after learning that over 3,500 importers filed cases at the Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging the...more
As we discussed in a September 15 client alert, a lawsuit was filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) on September 10, 2020, challenging the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) authority to assess Section 301...more
On September 10, 2020, three importers filed a complaint at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), HMTX Industries LLC et al. v. United States, which challenges the procedural steps and authority of the U.S. Trade...more
In response to an ongoing trade dispute between the United States and the European Union (EU), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is considering adding additional products to the existing list of EU imported...more