CBP Deploys Portal for Forced Labor Allegations
On June 20, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced it is deploying the Forced Labor Allegation Portal, which allows users to submit forced labor allegations. Submissions may be made anonymously and may include Allegations may be submitted supporting documents related to their submissions.
U.S. Steel and
On June 17, 2025, the two importers who filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging President Trump’s authority to issue tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) petitioned the Supreme Court to hear their case instead of waiting for a ruling from the Court of Appeals.
The two companies, Hand2Mind and Learning
On June 16, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order setting a 7.5% Section 232 tariff on U.K.-origin cars which are imported under the 100,000 quota, per the announced trade deal with the U.K. Combined with the current most-favored nation status duty, the total duties and tariffs on U.K.-origin vehicles imported under the quota will
Effective June 28, 2025, importers of derivative downstream products incorporating aluminum known should report “unknown” in lieu of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code when the country of smelt and cast is not known, per CSMS guidance published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”).
CBP’s CSMS states that, when reporting “unknown” for the
In a notice dated June 12, 2025, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security announced that it is adding 11 new HTS subheadings to the list of derivative products subject to the 50% Section 232 steel tariffs imposed pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 10896 of February 10, 2025. The new subheadings primarily
On June 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) stayed the Court of International Trade’s (“CIT”) permanent injunction on the Trump Administration’s executive orders instituting tariffs pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) pending the appeal of the case. The Federal Circuit judges stated in the
In Husch Blackwell’s May 2025 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
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On June 4, 2025, the Rebar Trade Action Coalition and its individual members (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (“Vietnam”) and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Algeria
On June 3, 2025, President Trump issued a Proclamation (“the Proclamation”) increasing the Section 232 duties on imports of aluminum and steel from 25% to 50%. The Proclamation states that the previously imposed steel and aluminum tariffs “have not yet enabled these industries to develop and maintain the rates of capacity production utilization that are