The first seven weeks of the second Trump Administration has revealed that tariffs are going to be a primary tool in the administration’s trade arsenal to address both domestic and foreign trade policy goals. What is critical to understand is that tariffs are only a viable tool if U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) can
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on January 13, 2025, regarding an update to the rules governing de minimis shipments. The public can make comments on the proposed rule until March 17, 2025.
CBP states three reasons for updating the de minimis rule. First, individuals and entities are taking
In Husch Blackwell’s December 2024 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
Should you have
In Husch Blackwell’s November 2024 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
Should you have
The Biden Administration’s Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) recently increased enforcement efforts against imports from Chinese entities linked to forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Twenty-nine (29) companies were added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA) Entity List on Friday November 22, 2024, bringing the total number of companies to
In a move to regulate steel imports more stringently, the U.S. government has introduced new requirements that will affect importers of steel and derivative steel products. As of November 21, 2024, importers must comply with specific reporting mandates regarding the origins of their steel products, especially imports of steel and steel derivative products originating in
On September 13, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it has finalized the modifications to the Section 301 trade actions following the completion of its four-year statutory review in May 2024. As described in a prior post, on May 22, 2024 USTR released a draft list of imported goods for which it
On July 9, 2024, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) issued its annual update to its guidelines enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) in a Report to Congress titled “2024 Updates to the Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of
On July 10, 2024, the Biden Administration announced tariff increases on imports of aluminum and steel products. The tariff increases are the latest measure to combat the circumvention of Section 301 duties imposed against Chinese origin products by shipping the products through third countries.
The modifications apply to goods entered or withdrawn for consumption
On June 5, 2024, Solvay USA LLC (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Vanillin from the People’s Republic of China.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The following language describes the imported merchandise from China that is within the scope of this Petition:
The merchandise covered by