On February 3, 2026, the United States House of Representatives narrowly passed a comprehensive spending bill. While the primary aim of the bill was to end a partial government shutdown and fund several federal agencies, it also included the restoration and extension of two key trade preference programs: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (“AGOA”)
On January 28, 2026, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Certain Fatty Acids from Indonesia and Malaysia.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The following describes the imported merchandise that is included within the scope of these investigations:
The merchandise subject to these
On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Venezuela‑related General License 46 (“GL 46”), marking the most significant easing of U.S. restrictions on the Venezuelan oil sector in several years. GL 46 allows “established U.S. entities”—defined as entities organized under U.S. law on or before January
A new lawsuit has been filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”), challenging how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has been valuing and applying Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum derivative products.
On January 21, 2026, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and India.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The following describes the imported merchandise that is included within the
On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the United States and Taiwan reached a trade agreement. As part of the deal, Taiwanese semiconductor and technology companies will invest at least $250 billion to expand production capacity within the United States, with the Taiwanese government providing $250 billion in credit guarantees to
On January 14, 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation entitled “Adjusting Imports of Semiconductors, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, and Their Derivative Products into the United States.” The proclamation imposes a 25% tariff under Section 232 on certain advanced computing chips that meet the technical specifications detailed in Annex I of the proclamation. The measure
In Husch Blackwell’s December 2025 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
Should you have
Effective February 6, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) will issue refunds electronically via Automated Clearing House (“ACH”). This rule change will affect all refunds, subject to limited exceptions (e.g., certain emergency payments, transactions involving national security or law enforcement concerns, transactions involving individuals who do not have access to banking services or electronic payment systems, etc.). FR Document 2025-24171. Also this rule will apply to all importers, brokers, filers, sureties, service providers, facility operators, foreign trade zone operators, and carriers as well as designated third parties listed on a CBP Form 4811. In short, absent a waiver, after February 5, 2026 CBP will not issue refunds by check.