On March 24, 2025, President Trump, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (“IEEPA”), the National Emergencies Act ((50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, issued an Executive Order (the “EO”) titled Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil.
As previously reported, on February 10, 2025, President Trump issued Proclamations 10895 and 10896, making significant changes to the existing measures imposed on imports of aluminum and steel on national security grounds pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Among other changes, the Proclamations added to the list of so-called “derivative”
On March 1, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to initiate a Section 232 investigation into imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products. This is the same law that was used to impose additional tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum, and their derivative products.
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Earlier, we discussed President Trump’s proclamations on aluminum and steel imports, which raised the tariff rate to 25 percent on imports of aluminum and steel (and certain derivatives thereof) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1862). Last week’s proclamations also removed
On February 14, 2025, the White House released Annex I of the February 10, 2025 Proclamations expanding the Section 232 duties to cover certain additional derivative products of steel and aluminum. The additional derivative products are identified by Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) code in each annex.
As discussed in our
On Monday, February 10, 2025, President Trump signed Proclamations imposing 25 percent on all imports of steel and increasing the duty rate from 10 to 25 percent for all imports of aluminum into the United States pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). Drawback will not
In a September 6, 2023 opinion issued by Judge M. Miller Baker in three cases brought under the Court’s residual jurisdiction provision, 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i), the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) held that reliquidation is available as a remedy in Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) cases. At least in the short term, this decision creates
On Monday, August 28, 2023, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) of the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a Proposed Rule that, if implemented, would make significant changes to the regulations governing exclusions from the duties and quotas on imports of aluminum and steel imposed pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
On June 22, 2023, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States and India reached an agreement to terminate ongoing disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Additionally, India agreed to remove retaliatory tariffs implemented against certain U.S. products in response to the U.S.’s institution of Section 232 tariffs on steel and
On May 31, 2023, the President of the United States issued Proclamation 10588, announcing a one-year suspension of duties on Ukrainian steel and its derivatives under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. The action extended a previous one-year suspension of Section 232 duties on Ukrainian steel that was issued