On March 19, 2026, Brandon Lord, the Executive Director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, filed a status update with the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) outlining CBP’s progress in developing a new Automated Commercial Environment (“ACE”) functionality intended to support refunds of tariffs that were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”).
On March 18, 2026, the Trump Administration announced a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, which requires that cargo transported between U.S. ports be carried on vessels that are U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, and U.S.-crewed. Pursuant to Cargo Systems Messaging Service (“CSMS”) Message No. 68096516, the waiver took effect March 18, 2026, and is currently scheduled
On March 12, 2026, United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) Greer announced a new investigation under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to the “failure to impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods produced with forced labor are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict U.S. commerce.” According to
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 Friday, March 5, 2026, twenty-four (24) states filed a complaint in the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) against the Trump Administration challenging the legality of the Section 122 duties imposed on February 20th after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not permit the president to impose tariffs. For additional information about the Supreme Court’s decision and the Section 122 duties, see our prior blog posts here and here.
On Friday February 20, 2026, just a few hours after the Supreme Court struck down the validity of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) tariffs that have been in place since February 2025, the White House issued multiple executive orders (“EO”).
On, February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Learning Resources v. Trump, which challenged the President’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). The Court ruled 6-3 that the IEEPA statute, which permits the President “to regulate . . . importation” does not confer any tariff-setting
On February 6, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled Modifying Duties to Address Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation, rescinding the 25% IEEPA tariff imposed on India for its purchases of Russian oil, effective at 12:01 a.m. on February 7, 2025. The order allows for duty
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
On December 31, 2025, President Trump signed proclamation, Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, And Their Derivative Products into the United States, delaying higher tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities until January 1, 2027. The proclamation cited “productive negotiations with trade partners to address trade reciprocity and national security concerns regarding