Customs

DOJ Sharpens Trade Fraud Enforcement Priorities for ImportersU.S. and China Launch Trade Board and Introduce 30-for-30 Tariff Reduction FrameworkFrom Settlements to Strategy: The Fraud Division's Trade Enforcement Priority and What It Means for Importers

Cybersecurity

BIS Issues New Guidance to Combat Russia Diversion Risks and Highlights Recent Enforcement ActionsOFAC Imposes More Russian Cyber Sanctions and Foreshadows Future Oligarch SanctionsOFAC Announces New Sanctions on Iran and Mexico

Energy & Environment

OFAC Sanctions Russian Oil Giants Lukoil and RosneftNew AD/CVD Petition Filed on Imports of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and VietnamCommerce Issues Final Determination on Circumvention of Solar Cells and Modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam

Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

OFAC Issues Guidance on Sham Transactions and Sanctions EvasionOFAC Issues General Licenses Authorizing Certain Activities Involving Venezuelan Oil and U.S.-Origin DiluentsInternational Trade & Supply Chain Law: Download Our 2025 Year in Review & 2026 Outlook

First 100 Days of Trade

CBP Issues Guidance on Technical Corrections to Section 232 Duties for Aluminum, Steel, and Copper ImportsCBP Issues Entry Filing and Reporting Guidance on Section 232 Duties for USMCA‑Qualifying Medium and Heavy‑Duty VehiclesNew Litigation Challenging Legality of Section 122 Duties

Food & Agribusiness

China Announces New Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. GoodsOFAC Amends Iran Sanctions to Ease Humanitarian TradeU.S. Visit From Cuban Ag Minister Highlights Future Trade Opportunities Under Amended Sanctions

Husch Blackwell News

Husch Blackwell Secures Summary Judgment Ruling Which Reinforces Transportation Brokers’ General Lack of Standing to Sue Under the Carmack AmendmentCBP Further Defines Customs Business in New RulingU.S. Imposes More Sanctions and Export Controls against Russia and Belarus

Intellectual Property

USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation on Vietnam’s Intellectual Property PracticesBeau Jackson Joins World Trade Center – Kansas City for Webinar on Intellectual Property Enforcement and Trade RemediesInternational Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023

International Trade & Supply Chain

Weekly Update: Week of October 12What the FMC’s Proposed Spain Trade Restrictions Could Mean for Shippers and ImportersPetition Summary: Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Georgia and India

International Trade Remedies

“US Content” of USMCA Qualifying Mobile Industrial Equipment and Machinery DefinedPetition Summary: Certain Amine Compounds from The People's Republic of ChinaPetition Summary: Certain Wooden Fence Pickets from the People's Republic of China

Legislative & Judicial Updates

FMC Clarifies That Charge Complaints May Be Filed Through Traditional Complaint ProcessesRecent Post Montgomery Rulings Distinguish Cargo Theft from Roadway Safety, Preempting Claims Against BrokersFederal Courts Issue Critical Rulings on Cargo Theft Claims Following Supreme Court Montgomery Decision

Manufacturing

Foreign-Produced Robots, Power Inverters Added to FCC Covered ListInternational Trade & Supply Chain Law: Download Our 2025 Year in Review & 2026 OutlookPetition Summary: Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from the Czech Republic and the Republic of India

Russia Sanctions

Podcast: The Latest on Russia SanctionsInternational Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023BIS Adds 24 New Entities and Removes One from Entity List and Extends Deadline for Comments to New Semiconductor Rules

Section 337

Section 301 Exclusion UpdateInternational Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023Download Report | International Trade Law: 2021 Year in Review & Outlook for 2022

Tariffs & Trade

What the FMC’s Proposed Spain Trade Restrictions Could Mean for Shippers and ImportersIEEPA Refund Class Action Suit To Move ForwardCIT Universal Injunction Power Challenged in IEEPA Refund Appeal

Technology

USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation on Vietnam’s Intellectual Property PracticesFederal Judge Issues Order on Use of Artificial Intelligence and Implications for Inadvertent Release of Proprietary InformationPresident Announces Actions against China for Intellectual Property Practices

Trade Newsletter

September 2026 Trade Law UpdateAugust 2026 Trade Law UpdateJuly 2026 Trade Law Update

Transportation & Supply Chain

What the FMC’s Proposed Spain Trade Restrictions Could Mean for Shippers and ImportersPetition Summary: Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Georgia and IndiaOFAC Issues General License No. 135 Temporarily Easing Sanctions on Russian Diesel

Uncategorized

CBP States CAPE Phase 3 Will Deploy on October 6, 2026Petition Summary: Glyphosate from the People's Republic of ChinaImports of Taiwanese Aircraft Components Auto Parts and Wood Products Provided Relief from Section 232 Tariffs Under Taiwan Deal