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
The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT or court), on December 23, 2025, issued Administrative Order 25-02 staying all recently filed cases challenging tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by the Trump Administration.
In particular, the order signed by Chief Judge Mark A. Barnett, directs that all currently unassigned cases and
On November 20, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order marking a significant shift in U.S. trade policy toward Brazil. This action updates the measures originally imposed under Executive Order 14323 from July 30, 2025, which had established a 40% additional ad valorem duty on certain Brazilian goods under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) due to concerns over Brazil’s policies and practices impacting U.S. national security and foreign policy.
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.
USTR Imposes 100% Tariffs on Ship-to-Shore Cranes Under Section 301
Effective November 9, 2025, the United States will impose additional duties of 100% on certain ship-to-shore (“STS”) cranes and certain cargo handling equipment from China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. These tariffs follow the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”)’s original proposal in April 2025.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published over 90 requests for the inclusion of additional HTSUS subheadings to the list of steel and aluminum derivative products subject to Section 232 tariffs of 50%.
On September 17, 2025, BIS announced a two-week window where parties could submit requests to include additional products to
CBP announced on October 6, 2025, that it will not issue refunds or any payments related to drawback claims, post-summary corrections and protests during the government shutdown which began on October 1, 2025.
