On June 1, 2026, President Trump issued a proclamation reducing tariff rates on certain agricultural equipment, mobile industrial equipment and machinery, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) equipment under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (“Section 232”). In the same proclamation, President Trump also added aluminum lithographic plates and steel racks
On May 29, 2026, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced it initiated an investigation of Vietnam under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 301”) regarding the country’s intellectual property protection and enforcement.
The USTR had identified Vietnam as a “Priority Foreign Country” in its April 30, 2026 Special 301 Report
On May 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) indicated that it will appeal the U.S. Court of International Trade’s (“CIT”) universal injunction ordering U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to reliquidate final entries (entries more than 90 days past liquidation) and refund duties paid under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (“IEEPA”) by
On April 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to sit for depositions in a case filed by an importer seeking refunds of tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (“Section 232”).
This update covers three key developments this week: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) filed its latest status update in Euro-Notions on April 14, 2025; (2) Judge Eaton thereafter issued another order; and (3) next steps / recommendations for importers.
[UPDATED: This post has been updated to incorporate CBP’s April 13, 2026 CSMS #68340863] U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued guidance today explaining importers must utilize the Automated Commercial Environment (“ACE”) portal to request consolidated refunds of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) which were found to be
Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued new guidance to exporters intended to further assist BIS in its efforts to crack down on third-party diversion to Russia.
Specifically, BIS’s recent guidance outlines the various mechanisms it has employed—outside of its usual public screening lists (i.e., the Unverified List
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Final Determination prohibiting the sale of certain cybersecurity products, anti-virus software, and related services to U.S. persons by Kaspersky Lab, Inc. (“Kaspersky”), the U.S. subsidiary of Russian cybersecurity provider AO Kaspersky Lab.
This Final Determination represents the first
Sanctions Designations and Business Advisory Issued by OFAC and the U.S. State Department
On February 23, 2024, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and Department of State together announced more than 500 sanctions designations targeting government officials, companies, and individuals in Russia and beyond. The sanctions, which the U.S. stated were intended
Executive Order Imposes New Russia Sanctions for Foreign Financial Institutions and Prohibits Additional Russian Imports
On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14114, which amended previous Executive Orders in order to authorize the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) to impose additional Russia-related sanctions on foreign financial institutions and