On October 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License No. 135, “Authorizing Transactions Related to the Sale, Delivery, Offloading, and Importation of Diesel Fuel of Russian Federation Origin,” temporarily easing sanctions on Russian diesel. The move followed discussions between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir
ITC Finds Strawberry Imports from Mexico Harming US
On March 12, 2026, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) determined that imports of fresh winter strawberries from Mexico, under Harmonized Tariff Schedule 0810.10.40, are injuring the U.S. domestic industry. The ITC will issue a further update announcing the final phase of the investigation via a scheduling notice
On September 12, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule announcing additions to the Entity List. 32 new entities across China, India, Iran, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been added to the Entity List due to activities deemed contrary to U.S. national security or foreign
On July 30, 2025, Sibanye-Stillwater and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (“USW) referred to together as “Petitioners”, filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Unwrought Palladium from the Russian Federation.
President Trump Announces Higher Tariff Rates Effective August 1st
After announcing an extension of the reciprocal tariff rates from July 9, 2025, to August 1,2025, President Trump published letters which were sent to various countries indicating the tariff rate the United States will impose on that country’s imports if the country does not enter
CBP Deploys Portal for Forced Labor Allegations
On June 20, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced it is deploying the Forced Labor Allegation Portal, which allows users to submit forced labor allegations. Submissions may be made anonymously and may include Allegations may be submitted supporting documents related to their submissions.
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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
On May 15, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued further guidance via the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (“CSMS”) for determining the order in which the various tariffs will apply to an article when that article is subject to more than one of the tariff actions identified in Executive Order (“EO”) 14289 (90
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
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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.
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