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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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On Sunday, February 9, 2024, President Trump announced to a group of reporters aboard Air Force One that he intended to impose universal tariffs of 25 percent on all imports of steel and aluminum into the United States on Monday, February 10.  President Trump also indicated that he intends to announce a regime of “reciprocal

Following President Trump’s removal of the de minimis exemption earlier this week, on Friday, February 7, 2025, President Trump issued an amendment to his original Executive Order and temporarily reinstated the exemption until “notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect

On February 4th, in response to President Trump imposing 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports, China announced a number of retaliatory tariff and non-tariff actions.

Retaliatory tariff actions:

China announced a 15% tariff on coal and liquified natural gas imports from the United States. China also threatened to impose a 10% tariff on US crude

Husch Blackwell sent an update on this development on February 3. Read our legal update to discover the latest regarding President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.

In response to the tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canada, Mexico, and China on February 1, 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), each

Husch Blackwell sent an update on this development on February 3. Read our legal update to discover the latest regarding President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.

On February 1, 2025, President Trump signed three Executive Orders (“EO”) under Section 1702(a)(1)(B) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977(“IEEPA”)declaring a national emergency due

On February 1st, President Trump signed Executive Orders imposing 25% tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico with the exception of Canadian oil imports, which will be subject to a 10% tariff. Additionally, the President signed an Executive Order imposing a 10% tariff on goods from China. These tariffs are in addition to any

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The week started off with President Trump threatening to put tariffs on Colombian goods entering into the United States. The tariffs were used as leverage against the Colombian government who initially refused to allow U.S. military planes carrying individuals deported from the United States to land in Colombia. Eventually, the United States and

On September 30, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) filed a motion requesting a voluntary remand to review 502 Section 232 exclusion request denials it issued to Voestalpine High Performance Metals Corporation and Ergo Specialty Steels, Incorporated (collectively “Voestalpine, et al.”) beginning in 2018.  Specifically, Commerce in its motion acknowledges that it lacks documentation explaining why it rejected all 502 requests.  This motion for voluntary remand comes only a couple months after Commerce requested the same type of voluntary remand in six separate Section 232 appeals.