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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published an interim final rule effective April 30, 2025 establishing the process for additional products to be added to the list of steel and aluminum...more
This article provides an overview of the most recent tariff updates affecting businesses operating within the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, and critical mineral industries. Below we outline recent tariff exclusions for...more
The Trump Administration issued a notice on Monday titled, “Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients,” which could serve...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has initiated a Trade Expansion Act of 1962 Section 232 investigation to determine whether imports of pharmaceutical products and ingredients pose a national security risk to...more
On April 14, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the initiation of investigations into the effects on US national security of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued the notice of request for public comments on Section 232 investigation of lumber imports. This follows President Trump’s March 1, 2025 Executive Order 14223 instructing Commerce to...more
On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is reopening the comment period for the January 2025 proposed rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by...more
One week remains for clients to submit comments in response to review of potential reciprocal tariffs being conducted by the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”). Comments are due by March 11, 2025. The USTR solicited comments...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on January 13, 2025, regarding an update to the rules governing de minimis shipments. The public can make comments on the proposed rule until...more
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a leading solar industry group, recently published a new supply chain traceability standard, Standard 101, for public comment. The standard is intended to provide “a rubric that...more
As reported in our previous client alert, on May 14, 2024, President Biden announced that he directed his Trade Representative to increase tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301) on a wide range of...more
On May 22, 2024, the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") unveiled the details of the proposed increases in Section 301 tariffs on imports from China. If adopted, the action would raise tariffs on solar power products,...more
On March 7, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a Request for Comments on Promoting Supply Chain Resilience, seeking public comment on policy initiatives that promote supply chain...more
On December 26, 2023, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the extension to May 31, 2024, of all current exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on Chinese-origin goods. The extended exclusions...more
The public will soon have an opportunity to offer comment on the Section 301 duties that were imposed on imports from China under the prior Administration. Recently the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”)...more
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) was signed into law by President Biden on December 23, 2021. The UFLPA creates a rebuttable presumption that “any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or...more
On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments on the implementation of the new regional import restriction affecting goods from the...more
On January 24, 2022, the Biden administration, as part of the implementation of the newly-signed Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), issued a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comments on “how best to...more
Yesterday, the US Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of the interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (Task Force), published a Notice in the Federal Register that seeks public comment on the implementation of...more
On December 23, President Biden signed the long-debated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), after it passed through both chambers of Congress with strong bipartisan support. This legislation has the potential to...more
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President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the Act) into law on Dec. 23, 2021. The Act requires the U.S. government to rapidly develop a new enforcement strategy to strengthen the prohibition of the...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is considering public comment regarding the possible reinstatement of Section 301 tariff exclusions on goods imported from China...more
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
As part of the Biden Administration’s comprehensive review of U.S. policy towards China, Katherine Tai, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”), has requested public comments on whether USTR should reinstate certain...more