On March 26, 2025, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation imposing an additional 25% tariff on all imports of passenger vehicles, light trucks, and certain automotive parts. The tariffs on finished vehicles will...more
E-commerce platforms and others could face significant challenges due to recent and proposed changes to de minimis entry (the process for importing products without tariffs and with simplified customs procedures if the total...more
UPDATE: President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau have paused tariffs for at least 30 days. Canada will implement its $1.3 Billion Border plan, make new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, list cartels as terrorists,...more
2/4/2025
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Canada ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration
On August 26, 2024, the Government of Canada announced that it will impose new tariffs and subsidy restrictions targeting clean vehicles, as well as tariffs on steel and aluminum products manufactured in China.1The tariffs on...more
On October 25, 2023, the American Shrimp Processors Association ("Petitioners") filed an antidumping duty ("ADD") petition on imports of frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador and Indonesia, and a countervailing duty ("CVD")...more
The United States, the European Union, and Germany have recently adopted or proposed new rules requiring enhanced due diligence in supply chains, targeting human rights and environmental issues. This alert examines key...more
2/24/2023
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Forced Labor ,
Germany ,
Human Rights ,
Imports ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Supply Chain ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
The rebuttable presumption of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ("UFLPA") took effect on June 21, 2022. As a reminder, under this presumption for purposes of Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, goods produced in the...more
10/4/2022
/ China ,
Compliance ,
Contract Terms ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
A Taiwanese-owned, Vanuatu-flagged fishing vessel is the first known enforcement target of its kind by US Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") in its efforts to halt the importation of goods produced with forced labor....more
4/11/2019
/ Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Trafficking ,
Imports ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Restricted Goods ,
Supply Chain ,
Taiwan ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act ,
Vessels ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)