On February 12, 2026, the United States and Taiwan signed an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (“ART”) formalizing the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) signed on January 15, 2026.
As part of the deal, the IEEPA reciprocal tariff rate for Taiwan will be reduced from 20 percent to 15 percent inclusive of the most favored nation rate
On January 9, 2026 the United States and Bangladesh announced that the countries will enter into Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (“ART”) which will reduce tariffs on certain imports from Bangladesh in exchange for significant market access commitments by the South Asian country.
The United States will maintain a 19 percent reciprocal tariff rate for imports
On February 6, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order, Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Iran, which authorizes the imposition of tariffs on goods imported from any country that “directly or indirectly purchases, imports, or otherwise acquires goods or services from Iran.” The order is effective at 12:01 a.m.
On February 6, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled Modifying Duties to Address Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation, rescinding the 25% IEEPA tariff imposed on India for its purchases of Russian oil, effective at 12:01 a.m. on February 7, 2025. The order allows for duty
In Husch Blackwell’s January 2026 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
Should you have
On February 3, 2026, the United States House of Representatives narrowly passed a comprehensive spending bill. While the primary aim of the bill was to end a partial government shutdown and fund several federal agencies, it also included the restoration and extension of two key trade preference programs: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (“AGOA”)
On January 28, 2026, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Certain Fatty Acids from Indonesia and Malaysia.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The following describes the imported merchandise that is included within the scope of these investigations:
The merchandise subject to these
On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Venezuela‑related General License 46 (“GL 46”), marking the most significant easing of U.S. restrictions on the Venezuelan oil sector in several years. GL 46 allows “established U.S. entities”—defined as entities organized under U.S. law on or before January
A new lawsuit has been filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”), challenging how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has been valuing and applying Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum derivative products.
On January 21, 2026, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and India.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The following describes the imported merchandise that is included within the