Manufacturing

Close-up of rusty metal coupling on a freight train

On July 23, 2025, the Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports of Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from the Czech Republic and the Republic of India and countervailing duties on the Republic of India.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

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On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, Pub. L. No. 118-50, div. D. Part of the Act included a provision extending the statute of limitations for civil and criminal violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) from five years to 10 years. The new statute of limitations took effect on the date of the President’s signature.

Omaha-based partner Grant Leach appeared last week on an episode of The Justice Insiders podcast to discuss the ever-expanding set of requirements and restrictions placed on U.S. businesses in connection with trade law, including a key change in the statute of limitations—from five years to ten—in connection with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…

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…

On April 26, 2024, Magotteaux Inc. (hereinafter the “Magotteaux,” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of certain high chrome cast iron grinding media from India.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The following language describes the imported merchandise from India that is within the scope of this…

On August 18, 2023, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced its final determination that certain solar cells and modules exported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are circumventing the antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing (“CVD”) orders on imports from China after conducting its investigation for over 18 months.  Any duties will only go into effect in…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule intending to reduce the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the United States by enforcing a cap and phasedown program under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act.  According to the EPA, the final rule will phase down U.S. production and consumption of…

USTR Publishes Notice on Increase in Section 301 List 3 Tariff Rate

On May 8, 2019, USTR released its federal register notice on the tariff increase for the third tranche (List 3) Section 301 tariffs on China. The duty rate on the estimated $200 billion worth of Chinese products will increase from 10% to 25% effective 12:01am ET on Friday, May 10, 2019. The notice also announces that an exclusion process will be instituted for these products in a separate notice.

The rate increase to 25% means that entries of goods

  1. entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 10, 2019, and
  2. exported to the United States on or after May 10, 2019 will now be subject to an additional tariff of 25%. Entries must be subject to both qualifiers-meaning that if a shipment has been exported prior to May 10, 2019 it will still be subject to the 10% duty rate.  However, if the shipment is exported after 12:01am ET on May 10 the 25% duty rate will apply. To see our full post, click here.

Husch Blackwell’s Jeffrey Neeley authored an article, “Solar Panel Tariff Creates New Uncertainty” that appeared in Law360 this week. The article discusses in depth the proclamation signed by President Trump last week. From the article:

[T]he relief announced provides that the first 2.5 gigawatts of imported cells are excluded from the additional tariffs. The use of an

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