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
CBP Issues Instructions for Reporting Unknown Country of Smelt and Cast
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…
Eleven New Steel Derivatives Added to 50% Section 232 Tariffs Beginning June 23
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…
Federal Circuit Continues Stay on Permanent Injunction – IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs Will Continue to be Collected During the Pendency of the Appeal
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…
Summary of Tariff Requirements Updated: June 5, 2025
May 2025 Trade Law Update
In Husch Blackwell’s May 2025 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
- An update on U.S. Department of Commerce decisions
- U.S. International Trade Commission – Section 701/731 proceedings
- Customs and Border Protection case summaries
- Summary of decisions from the Court of International Trade
Should…
Petition Summary: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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…
Amendment to Imports of Aluminum and Steel Increases 232 Tariffs to 50%
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…
Week Sixteen and Seventeen in Trade
Week Seventeen
CIT Unequivocally Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs as Invalid
On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), in a unanimous decision, held tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to be unlawful and invalid. The CIT’s order…
Court of International Trade Unequivocally Declares IEEPA Tariffs to be Unlawful
On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), in a unanimous decision, held tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to be unlawful and invalid. The CIT’s order covers IEEPA tariffs imposed against Canada, Mexico and China related…
