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Stephen Brophy

Stephen brings more than 20 years of international trade experience to Husch Blackwell. His practice focuses on trade relief and regulation, representing clients in antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard proceedings. He has assisted clients with these and other related matters before the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission. Stephen is also experienced with customs issues, including tariff classification, valuation and country of origin marking matters.

On September 24, 2026, the American Alliance of Wooden Fence Producers, comprised of Alta Forest Products, Mendocino Forst Products, and Sierra Pacific Industries, (Petitioner) filed companion petitions requesting the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of certain wooden fence pickets from the People’s Republic of China (China).

On September 9, 2026, the American Pizza Boxes Manufacturers Coalition (comprised of Smurfit Westrock plc and Pratt Industries, Inc.) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW) (collectively Petitioners) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on imports of corrugated pizza boxes from the People’s Republic of China (China), Malaysia, and the Republic of Türkiye (Turkey), and countervailing duties on imports from Turkey.

CBP Issues Section 232 Filing Guidance for UAS and Components (CSMS #69738151)

On September 2, 2026, CBP issued CSMS #69738151 providing guidance on Section 232 duties for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS components under Presidential Proclamation 11055. The proclamation imposes additional duties of 10%–100% on covered UAS/UAS components effective for entries on or…

On July 29, 2026, the Hydraulic Cylinders Fair Trade Coalition and its individual members, Aggressive Hydraulics, Inc., Hol-Mac Corporation, Ligon Hydraulics, Prince Manufacturing Corporation, PTC Alliance LLC, Rosenboom Machine & Tool, Inc., Scot Industries, Inc., Stillwell Inc., and Texas Hydraulics, Inc. (Petitioners) filed petitions requesting the imposition of antidumping duties on imports of certain linear hydraulic cylinders and parts thereof (Hydraulic Cylinders) from Canada, China, India, Mexico, and South Korea, and countervailing duties on imports from China, India, and Mexico.

United States and Jordan Sign Reciprocal Trade Agreement

On July 21, 2026, the United States and Jordan signed a reciprocal trade agreement under which Jordan will receive a preferential 10% U.S. tariff rate, rather than the higher 12.5% rate that may apply to certain countries under the forthcoming forced labor tariff regime. Under the agreement…

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 July 20, 2026, President Trump issued a new Presidential Proclamation aimed at further strengthening the U.S. aluminum industry. The latest Proclamation builds upon the existing Section 232 aluminum tariff regime by introducing a strategic investment incentive program designed to bring primary aluminum production back to the United States.