U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has notified the Court of International Trade (CIT) that Phase 3 of its Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) will deploy on October 6, 2026.
Phase 3 of CAPE, which is CBP’s automated systems for processing refunds of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued guidance via the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) on filing entries for imports from Canada subject to duties under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (Section 338). We previously covered President Trump’s imposition and subsequent modification of these Section 338 tariffs here, here, and here.
The Trump Administration has officially reduced tariffs on patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingredients imported from the United Kingdom (UK) from 10% to 0%. This change, effective July 31, 2026, is the result of an agreement between the United States and the UK, which created a carve out for UK origin pharmaceutical products from the recent national security tariffs imposed on patented pharmaceuticals pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232).
On August 4, 2026 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notice seeking public comments on expanding tariffs applicable to certain steel, aluminum and copper derivative products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) to fourteen (14) additional derivative products.
The list of products proposed to be subject
On August 3, 2026, the state attorney generals of twenty-five states (25) co-led by State of Oregon, Arizona and California filed a complaint in the Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301) to address forced labor. The complaint alleges that Section 301 forced labor tariffs are ultra vires, arbitrary, capricious and contrary to law.
This complaint by the 25 state attorney generals challenging the legality of the Section 301 forced labor tariffs, joins other lawsuits pending before the CIT that were filed by small business plaintiffs, Burlap and Barrel, Inc. and Collective Horology LLC.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced the imposition of new Section 301 tariffs under the Trade Act of 1974. Following investigations into global forced labor policies, the USTR has determined that 60 economies have failed to adequately impose or enforce prohibitions on the importation of goods produced with forced labor. The tariffs take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time beginning July 24, 2026.
On June 23, 2026, CBP via CSMS 69035485 issued guidance explaining which reconciliation-flagged entries will be eligible for the next phase of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) tariff refund tool, launching June 29, 2026.
In March 2025, in a similar blog post to this one, Nithya Nagarajan and Robert Romashko forecasted that False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement would increase under the current tariff-focused trade policy regime. Sure enough, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced two FCA resolutions involving allegations of failure to pay customs duties and evasion of antidumping and countervailing duties.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expected to deploy the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) regional alert and postal code requirement this Friday, March 18, 2023.
According to CBP, the goal of the new measures is to provide an early notification to importers and their representatives that goods may have been produced in
On February 24, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the imposition of additional tariffs on Russian imports of aluminum and approximately 100 other individual products. The imposition of these additional tariffs was announced on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The White House announced its continued support of Ukraine in a series of actions