China on April 4, 2025, announced a third and significantly escalated round of retaliatory measures in response to the United States' latest tariff action. This follows President Donald Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14257...more
4/9/2025
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Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
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Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration
President Donald Trump on April 2, 2025, issued an executive order (EO), "Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade...more
4/4/2025
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China ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Deficit ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) made a determination on Jan. 20, 2025, that China's targeting of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors for dominance is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and...more
3/6/2025
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Imports ,
International Trade ,
Logistics ,
Maritime Transport ,
National Security ,
Ports ,
Section 301 ,
Shipbuilding ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Through a presidential proclamation, the Trump Administration on Feb. 10, 2025, announced the reinstatement of a 25 percent tariff on all steel imports and an increase in aluminum tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent. The...more
2/13/2025
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Foreign Policy ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USTR
Tariffs of 10 percent on all Chinese imports took effect on Feb. 4, 2025, following President Donald Trump's executive order under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
China responded with 10 percent and...more
2/6/2025
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China ,
Entity List ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Google ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
US Trade Policies
President Donald Trump on Feb. 1, 2025, issued three executive orders (Tariff EOs) imposing additional duties on Canada, Mexico and China pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (collectively, IEEPA...more
2/6/2025
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China ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Mexico ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025, issued various immigration-related Executive Orders (EOs) and presidential actions that could have an immediate and lasting impact on Latin American countries. President Trump's...more
2/3/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
Immigration Procedures ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Latin America ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Retaliation ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Jan. 21, 2025 (Jan. 21 NPRM), narrowing the scope of the administrative exemption under...more
1/30/2025
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De Minimus Quantity Exemption ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Section 321 ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Tariffs
The American Active Anode Material Producers (AAAMP), an ad hoc trade association of domestic manufacturers, filed petitions on Dec. 18, 2024, with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. International Trade...more
1/16/2025
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Batteries ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Government Investigations ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Lithium Batteries ,
Manufacturers ,
Tariffs ,
U.S. Commerce Department
A total of 185 Section 301 exclusion requests for machinery used in domestic manufacturing have been filed as of Dec. 19, 2024. Of those, 136 requests remain open for opposition or support from interested parties or for...more
President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, 2024, announced his intention to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on China, as well as additional 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada. He has not yet indicated which authority...more
12/5/2024
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China ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Mexico ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced final modifications concerning the statutory review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Acts,...more
9/17/2024
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China ,
Imports ,
NPRM ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Biden Administration announced on May 14, 2024, the completion of its review of China's trade practices under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The White House announcement maintains current tariffs on Chinese imports...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) took a number of actions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) on May 19, 2023. Here are some of the key U.S. export control actions...more
5/25/2023
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Belarus Sanctions ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Commerce Control List ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Globally Harmonized System ,
Iran ,
Military End Use ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Tariffs ,
Ukraine
As an update to an earlier Holland & Knight alert on the same topic, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has published another determination pursuant to Executive Order 14071 expanding...more
2/8/2023
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Biden Administration ,
Crude Oil ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
G7 ,
Maritime Transport ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Petroleum ,
Russia ,
Tariffs ,
Ukraine
Nearshoring is now clearly on the agenda of North American leaders, due in part because of supply chain disruptions derived from COVID-19, the United States' trade tensions with China1 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine....more
2/3/2023
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Free Trade Agreements ,
Mexico ,
Offshoring ,
Outsourcing ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced in a notice issued on May 5, 2022, the commencement of a retrospective investigation of the economic impacts of Section 301 and Section 232 tariffs on the most...more
5/20/2022
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China ,
Comment Period ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Mexico ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a Notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 16, 2021, extending product exclusions for COVID-19-related products covered by USTR's Section 301 investigation into...more
11/18/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
International Harmonization ,
Medical Devices ,
Public Comment ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Time Extensions ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published a Federal Register notice seeking public comments on whether to reinstate 549 previously extended tariff exclusions. If reinstated, exclusions will apply...more
The U.S. Court of International Trade's (CIT) docket is brimming these days, all thanks to importers who have initiated more than 3,500 actions to date challenging the Trump Administration's use of Section 301 of the Trade...more
A lawsuit filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) on Sept. 10, 2020, seeks to upend the Trump Administration's authority to levy and collect certain of the tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a call for comments regarding the possible removal of Section 301 tariffs for medical-care products from China. The request for comments on the easing of Section...more
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a notification on Dec. 12, 2019, informing the public that it was reviewing the action being taken in the Section 301 investigation involving the enforcement of the United...more
1/7/2020
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Airbus ,
Aircraft ,
Aircraft Equipment ,
Boeing ,
Comment Period ,
EU ,
Imports ,
Public Notice ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Subsidies ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR ,
WTO
President Donald Trump announced on June 15, 2018, that the United States would implement a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of goods from China "that contain industrially significant technologies." The imposition of...more
6/19/2018
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Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The U.S. and its 11 negotiating partners – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam – reached preliminary agreement on October 5, 2015, on the Trans-Pacific...more
10/26/2015
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Biologics ,
Biotechnology ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Chrysler ,
Country of Origin ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Data Protection ,
E-Commerce ,
Environmental Policies ,
Financial Institutions ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Ford Motor ,
General Motors ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
NAFTA ,
Tariffs ,
Telecommunications ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Promotion Authority ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership