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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has issued new guidance addressing technical corrections to recently imposed Section 232 duties on imports of aluminum, steel and copper. Following a Notice of Technical Corrections...more
On May 6, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) released new guidance via CSMS #68559236 regarding the application of 25% Section 232 duties for Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (“MHDVs”) that qualify for...more
On April 30, 2026, Mat Industries, LLC (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on stationary and portable air compressors from Malaysia, The People’s Republic of China, and...more
The Scientific Instrument Exception allows qualifying nonprofit institutions and their vendors to import certain scientific instruments and apparatus into the United States entirely duty-free. As shifting U.S. tariff...more
IEEPA Refund Updates: CBP Targets May 11 for First IEEPA Duty Refunds- On April 28, 2026, Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade issued an Order in Euro-Notions Florida, Inc. v. United States, et...more
As part of its response to the Court of International Trade’s (CIT) order to refund and reliquidate tariff duties paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in Atmus Filtration, Inc. v. United States,...more
On April 20, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) announced the activation of Phase 1 of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (“CAPE”) for IEEPA tariff refunds. CAPE Phase 1 is limited...more
On April 2, 2026, President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation modifying the Section 232 tariff regime for aluminum, steel, and copper (which we will collectively refer to here as the “metal”) and derivative aluminum and...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued operational guidance for obtaining refunds of duties paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), implementing a new electronic process through the...more
On April 9, 2026, United States Steel Corporation (“U.S. Steel”) and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Union (“USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”), filed a...more
On April 2, 2026, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation titled “Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients into the United States” (the Proclamation) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion...more
On April 8, 2026, BASF Corporation (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on the import of polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”) from China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam....more
On April 6, 2026, Charter Steel, Commercial Metals Company, Liberty Steel USA, Nucor Corporation and Optimus Steel, LLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of countervailing duties on Imports of Carbon and...more
U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association (“USOMA”); United States Steel Corporation; and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC...more
On April 2, President Trump issued a proclamation titled “Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States” (the Proclamation) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of...more
On April 2, 2026, President Trump issued a presidential proclamation modifying the application of the Section 232 tariffs on steel and steel derivative products, aluminum and aluminum derivative products, and semi-finished...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued guidance on how importers need to report and classify goods subject to the revised steel, aluminum, and copper tariffs announced by the Trump Administration on April 2, 2026....more
We are operating in one of the most volatile trade environments in recent memory. Tariff policy is shifting faster than most compliance programs can absorb. In that context, CBP’s March 15 guidance on Section 232 content...more
On April 2, 2026, U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association (“USOMA”), United States Steel Corporation (“U. S. Steel”), and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers...more
On March 18, 2026, the Trump Administration announced a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, which requires that cargo transported between U.S. ports be carried on vessels that are U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, and U.S.-crewed....more
Solar manufacturers and project developers should be aware of an emerging and significant compliance risk concerning the origin of photovoltaic cells and modules for purposes of tax credits, customs and...more
ITC Finds Strawberry Imports from Mexico Harming US- On March 12, 2026, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) determined that imports of fresh winter strawberries from Mexico, under Harmonized Tariff Schedule...more
Mexichem Fluor Inc. dba Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials (“Petitioner”) has filed new petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (“DOC”) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) seeking the imposition of...more
On March 4, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a significant order regarding the refund of tariffs recently ruled invalid by the Supreme Court. In Atmus Filtration, Inc. v. United States, the CIT ordered U.S....more
The Supreme Court of the United States has invalidated the sweeping reciprocal tariff regime enacted by the Trump Administration last year, purportedly pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§...more