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On February 13, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs” (the “Reciprocal Tariffs Memorandum”), introducing the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” to determine “the equivalent of a...more
On 21 February 2025, President Trump ordered three additional steps to implement the America First Trade Policy announced on 20 January 2025: Establish a notice and comment process for the US Trade Representative (USTR) to...more
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on reciprocal trade and tariffs on Feb. 13, 2025, citing the economic and national security threat posed by the trade deficit, as outlined in the Jan. 20, 2025, America First Trade...more
On January 20, 2025, within a few hours of his return to the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an “America First Trade Policy” memorandum, revealing the initial priorities of his trade agenda. Week one in the...more
Flying under the radar in past years, the recovery of Rare Earth Elements (“REE”) and the importance of REE to manufacturing in the United States are now recognized as crucial issues implicating national security. REEs -...more
The automotive sector is getting a quick primer on the various ways in which the international trade laws can target automotive imports. In addition to the announcement of a potential Section 232 tariffs or other trade...more
Listening to companies that predicted chaos within their supply chains if there were not some kind of exemption process for the Section 301 tariffs, the U.S. Trade representative has announced a process for importers to...more
Section 301 provides the president with broad authority to implement new policies and procedures that could impact reviews of Chinese investment in the United States. The president could rely on the International Emergency...more
The Situation: Regulations implementing tightened U.S. policy towards engagement with Cuba have rolled back a number of Obama-era initiatives and are effective immediately. The Result: Provisions that encourage Cuban...more
On June 16, 2017, President Trump announced revisions to U.S. policy toward engagement with Cuba and a limited rollback of certain sanctions relief provided by the Obama Administration....more
On December 17, 2014, President Obama announced that the United States would “chart a new course” on its Cuba policy. Starting in January 2015, and for the next two years, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets...more