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Aluminum and Steel Orders

Earlier, we discussed President Trump’s proclamations on aluminum and steel imports, which raised the tariff rate to 25 percent on imports of aluminum and steel (and certain derivatives thereof) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1862). Last week’s proclamations also removed

On February 14, 2025, the White House released Annex I of the February 10, 2025 Proclamations expanding the Section 232 duties to cover certain additional derivative products of steel and aluminum.  The additional derivative products are identified by Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) code in each annex. 

As discussed in our

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 Commerce and the United States Trade Representative (USTR), in consultation with other Executive Branch departments and agencies, to take actions to investigate the

On February 12, 2025, the Ad Hoc MDI Fair Trade Coalition (“Coalition” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports of Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (“MDI”) from the People’s Republic of China (“China”).

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The following language describes the imported merchandise from China:

The merchandise subject to

On Monday, February 10, 2025, President Trump signed Proclamations imposing 25 percent on all imports of steel and increasing the duty rate from 10 to 25 percent for all imports of aluminum into the United States pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862).  Drawback will not

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IEEPA Tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada

We previously covered President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs and the various retaliatory tariff and nontariff countermeasures announced by each country in separate posts. Currently, the Mexico and Canada tariffs have been paused until March 10, and only the 10% tariffs on China are in effect.

Removal and

On Sunday, February 9, 2024, President Trump announced to a group of reporters aboard Air Force One that he intended to impose universal tariffs of 25 percent on all imports of steel and aluminum into the United States on Monday, February 10.  President Trump also indicated that he intends to announce a regime of “reciprocal

Following President Trump’s removal of the de minimis exemption earlier this week, on Friday, February 7, 2025, President Trump issued an amendment to his original Executive Order and temporarily reinstated the exemption until “notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect

On February 4th, in response to President Trump imposing 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports, China announced a number of retaliatory tariff and non-tariff actions.

Retaliatory tariff actions:

China announced a 15% tariff on coal and liquified natural gas imports from the United States. China also threatened to impose a 10% tariff on US crude