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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: May 2025

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Welcome to the May 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

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U.S. Agrees to Lower Tariffs on Imports from China and United Kingdom; Trump Administration Launches New Investigation Into...

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On May 12, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order temporarily reducing the “reciprocal” tariffs on China, Hong Kong, and Macau origin goods from 125% to 10%, and lowering tariffs imposed on international mail parcels...more

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Limits of IEEPA’s Designation Authority

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Over the first 100 days and beyond, the Trump Administration has deployed national security authorities in novel ways. Perhaps most notably, President Trump has asserted authority under the International Emergency Economic...more

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The Trump Tariff Regime Brings Risks of Criminal and Civil False Claims Act Enforcement

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On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a new tariff regime under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (“IEEPA”), citing national security concerns. This regime includes a 10 percent baseline...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Not What You Think: Some Trump Tariffs Exempt Your Goods from Other Trump Tariffs

Some importers are finding, to their surprise, that the Trump Administration’s 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel create an exemption from the 125% tariffs on Chinese goods. The Trump tariff agenda has been complex, to say...more

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Trump Orders on Tariff “Destacking” and Auto Tariff Offsets

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On April 29, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) modifying the implementation of several types of tariffs. The order impacts the following five tariff actions: Section 232 tariffs on auto and auto parts,...more

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Trump Addresses Tariff Stacking and Provides Some Relief to Automakers

On April 29, the Trump administration published two actions, an Executive Order (EO) and a Proclamation, announcing amendments to the current convoluted tariff situation. The EO describes when and how various tariff actions...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order On Stacking Tariffs For Certain Imported Articles

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On April 29, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order clarifying the calculation methods that should be used for certain imports subject to the various tariffs implemented since February 2025. The EO sets out a...more

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Wiley's 2025 Key Trade Developments Series: Tariffs

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Navigating Shifting U.S. Tariff & Trade Policy With unprecedented tariff actions and trade measures—including Section 232 investigations and expanded International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorities—that have...more

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Trump Administration Modifies Tariff Actions under National Security Powers

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Not long after announcing new global “reciprocal” tariffs on imports from around the world at the beginning of April 2025, which we previously reported in a recent eUpdate, President Trump began modifying that tariff action....more

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California Leads Charge Against Tariffs

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California AG Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the President’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to unilaterally impose...more

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Which Trade Pill to Swallow: The Red Pill or Blue Pill?

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In The Matrix, the red pill means choosing to see the real world, even if it exposes the brutality of harsh reality, whereas the blue pill means choosing blissful ignorance and returning to the simulation. In the recent...more

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Tariff Tactics and National Security: Decoding Section 232’s Role in Shaping Trade Policies

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

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California Mounts Constitutional Challenge to IEEPA Tariffs

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On April 16, 2025, the State of California filed a complaint against President Trump, the Secretary of Homeland Security and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) challenging the legality of tariffs imposed under the...more

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232 Investigation of Pharmaceuticals: Potential Tariffs and Tight Comment Deadline

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Effective April 5, the United States imposed a 10% baseline tariff on imports from nearly all countries, excluding products from Canada and Mexico, and those products contained in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United...more

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Department of Commerce Announces Section 232 Pharmaceutical Investigation

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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

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President Trump Suspends Most Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days, While Significantly Increasing Tariffs on China

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On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (Reciprocal Tariffs EO) imposing a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on nearly all US trading partners, effective April 5, and an additional reciprocal tariff on...more

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Week Twelve in Trade – First 100 Days of the New Administration

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On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order raising the reciprocal tariff rate on Chinese imports from 34% to 84%. This move followed his earlier warning that the U.S. would impose a 50% increase unless China...more

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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … the Pause in the Reciprocal Tariffs

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top The recent announcement of a pause in the rollout of reciprocal tariffs has created some confusion — and some hope — for multinationals and importers around the world....more

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What Every Auto-Sector Company Should Know About … the New Automotive Tariffs

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On April 3, 2025, President Trump issued the full details of the automotive tariffs, including the exact Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings to which the automotive tariffs apply. This completed the implementation of...more

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Trade Update: Navigating Trump Administration Tariffs - Reciprocal Tariffs and Further Developments

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Since early 2025, the Trump administration has imposed a series of broad sector- and country-specific tariffs. These measures were significantly expanded on April 2, 2025, with the announcement of a global tariff regime...more

Blank Rome LLP

Navigating the New Tariff Terrain: How Trump's Latest Policies Impact Global Trade and Shipping

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President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) on April 2, 2025, titled Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade...more

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Trade Alert: Up to 170% Tariffs on Certain Chinese-Origin Goods

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On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment” (“the E.O.”) amending prior executive orders imposing “reciprocal tariffs”...more

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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: April 2025

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Welcome to the April 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

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Increase of Certain Reciprocal Tariffs Paused, While China Duties Ratchet Higher

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On April 9, President Trump issued an executive order pausing certain new reciprocal tariffs announced last week while simultaneously substantially increasing tariffs on Chinese imports subject to those reciprocal tariffs....more

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