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On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Trade Representative (the “USTR”) released a revised proposal implementing service fees on Chinese vessel operators and owners, as well as operators of Chinese-built vessels, following a set of...more
On April 17, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced proposed trade actions under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) to counteract China’s systemic dominance in the maritime,...more
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on April 17, 2025, announced its long-awaited final proposed measures to combat China's dominance in the maritime sector by imposing fees on Chinese-linked ships. Public criticism of...more
On April 17, 2025, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued its final notice of action in its investigation into China’s unfair practices affecting the shipbuilding and maritime logistics sectors. According...more
A much-anticipated executive order (EO), "Restoring America's Maritime Dominance," issued on April 9, 2025, follows President Donald Trump's comments during his March 4, 2025, joint address to Congress, during which he vowed...more
The 25 percent tariff increase the United States imposed on imports of iron and steel, aluminum products and their derivatives from all countries is effective March 12, 2025, according to the Cargo Systems Messaging Service...more
President Trump has announced that his administration will be increasing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. The announcement comes on the heels of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s imposition of a new tax on...more
Between March 4, 2025, and March 6, 2025, U.S. trade policy in North America changed course multiple times as the Trump administration initially implemented previously paused tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and two...more
President Trump announced his America First Trade Policy on his first day in office. This Policy directed federal agencies to conduct investigations on a wide spectrum of trade policies including Addressing Unfair and...more
This article is an update to the March 2025 article “U.S. Imposes 25% Duty on Imports from Mexico and Canada Effective March 4, 2025.” Within 48 hours of announcing 25% tariffs on imports of Mexico and most imports of Canada...more
Today’s implementation of the tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico is one more piece in the Trump Administration’s aggressively expanding trade policy. Over the last 43 days, what started out as a sprinkling of campaign...more
President Trump returned to office for a second non-contiguous term in January 2025 with a much more coherent and methodical trade plan than during his first administration. This term, he aims to prioritize strict...more
After we published our Week Five in Trade post last week concerning additional sector-specific import tariffs, President Trump on Friday, February 21 signed a memorandum paving the way for the U.S. to retaliate against...more
President Trump announced his Fair and Reciprocal Plan (the Plan) pursuant to his America First Trade Policy. While the Memorandum does not immediately create any new tariffs, it outlines the Trump administration's plan to...more
On February 20, 2025, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that it is seeking comments from the public concerning unfair and non-reciprocal foreign trade practices on a country-specific...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 February 13, 2025, President Trump announced the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” (“Plan”), a major shift in U.S. trade policy designed “to counter non-reciprocal trading arrangements with trading partners by determining [and...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two new proclamations that modify the steel and aluminum tariffs originally imposed in 2018 under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. These actions expand the existing...more
On February 13, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum (the Memorandum) ordering the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Commerce to initiate investigations of “harmful”...more
On Thursday, February 13, 2025, President Trump signed a memorandum entitled “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs.” The memorandum stopped well short of immediately imposing a tariff regime and instead directs the Secretary of...more
On February 13, 2025, President Trump signed an executive memorandum on “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs” directing his economic team to create a “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” for imposing a supplemental tariff that will be...more
President Trump spoke to reporters this evening as he signed – but did not immediately publish – the promised Executive Order to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Tariffs are scheduled to take effect March 12....more
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review process is scheduled to begin on July 1, 2026, but the time to prepare is now. Embedded trade compliance professionals should already be doing scenario...more
As of this writing on February 3, the president’s long awaited new tariffs have been officially announced via Executive Orders (EOs) from the White House for Canada, Mexico, and China. They confirm media reports of new 25%...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