On April 9, 2026, United States Steel Corporation (“U.S. Steel”) and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Union (“USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on tin mill products from China, Taiwan, and Turkey and countervailing duties on imports from China.
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On April 8, 2026, BASF Corporation (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on the import of polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”) from China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
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The proposed scope of these investigations is as follows:
The merchandise covered by this investigation is polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”)
On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) Greer announced a new investigation under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to “structural excess capacity and production in certain manufacturing sectors.” According to the Federal Register Notice, “[k]ey trading partners have developed production capacity untethered from the incentives of domestic
On March 5, 2026, Mexichem Fluor Inc. dba Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Lithium Hexafluorophosphate from the People’s Republic of China.
On February 25, 2026, RealTruck, Inc., Laurmark Enterprises, Inc. (d/b/a “BAK Industries”), Undercover, Inc., Retrax Holdings, LLC, Truxedo, Inc., Extang Corporation, A.R.E. Accessories LLC, and Roll-N-Lock Corporation (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Truck Bed Covers from China.
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On February 24, 2026, Resonac Graphite America Inc. and Tokai Carbon GE LLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Large Diameter Graphite Electrodes from China and India.
On December 23, 2025, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) determined that China’s policies and practices aimed at dominating the semiconductor industry are unfair and burdensome on U.S. commerce, making them actionable under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. After a year-long investigation, the USTR found that China’s state-driven industrial planning, forced technology
On November 20, 2025, the American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition (“the Coalition”) (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports into the United States of van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof imported from Canada, Mexico, and the People’s Republic of China (“China”).
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which will suspend BIS’s recently enacted Affiliates Rule effective as of November 10, 2025 and continuing through November 9, 2026. The Trump Administration committed to make this change as part of its Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China
Following the U.S. and China trade meetings last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order reducing the rate of fentanyl-related tariffs on China from 20% to 10%, effective November 10, 2025. These tariffs were originally imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) on February 1 and March 3, 2025 to address China’s failure to alleviate the influx of synthetic opioids into the U.S.