U.S.-China Trade War Intensifies
On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order raising the reciprocal tariff rate on Chinese imports from 34% to 84%. This move followed his earlier warning that the U.S. would impose a 50% increase unless China withdrew its 34% retaliatory tariffs on American goods.
China swiftly responded by matching
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment”, increasing the reciprocal tariff rates for China to 125%. Importantly, country-specific reciprocal rates for 83 countries that took effect on April 9, 2025, have been paused for a period of 90
On April 8, 2025, President Trump, acting under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (“IEEPA”), issued an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports from the People’s Republic of China.” The EO modifies the previous April 2, 2025 Executive Order by
On April 8, 2025 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a Cargo Systems Messaging Service (“CSMS”) Message # 64680374which sets forthadditional guidance on the reporting of reciprocal tariffs set to take effect on April 9, 2025. This guidance is an update to CSMS # 64649265 previously issued on April 4, 2025.
The President
On March 26, 2025, President Trump, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. § 2411), as amended, and Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. § 1862) issued a Proclamation titled Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into The United States. The Proclamation is being issued under Section 232 to protect U.S. national security interests and under Section 301, which allows for the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to investigate and respond to unfair trade practices of foreign countries, including allowing for the imposition of tariffs.
This blog post covers the most important developments in the trade sphere for the week of March 17-21, 2025.
State Department Determines All Agency Actions on International Trade are “Foreign Affairs Functions” of the U.S. Government
On March 13, 2025, the State Department published a notice in the Federal Register designating all agency action with
Customs Provides Guidance on New Tariff Subheadings Applicable to Canada and Mexico Tariffs, De Minimis Treatment Will Temporarily Remain Available
On March 3, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) issued two notices providing guidance on the implementation of the previously announced tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. The notices also provide the
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IEEPA Tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada
We previously covered President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs and the various retaliatory tariff and nontariff countermeasures announced by each country in separate posts. Currently, the Mexico and Canada tariffs have been paused until March 10, and only the 10% tariffs on China are in effect.
Removal and
Following President Trump’s removal of the de minimis exemption earlier this week, on Friday, February 7, 2025, President Trump issued an amendment to his original Executive Order and temporarily reinstated the exemption until “notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on January 13, 2025, regarding an update to the rules governing de minimis shipments. The public can make comments on the proposed rule until March 17, 2025.
CBP states three reasons for updating the de minimis rule. First, individuals and entities are taking