Seven months into President Donald Trump’s second administration, a new trade paradigm is emerging that presents challenges for everyone involved in bringing products into the United States. ...more
8/18/2025
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On July 31, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order detailing new reciprocal tariff rates for individual countries and stating they will take effect at 12:01 a.m. EST seven days from the date of the order (i.e.,...more
Last week, two federal courts struck down sweeping tariffs that the Trump Administration had recently imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). ...more
6/6/2025
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On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce formally signaled its intention to rescind the Biden Administration’s Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (AI Diffusion Rule) two days before the January 2025 Interim...more
5/16/2025
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On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (the Reciprocal Tariffs Executive Order or Executive Order) imposing a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on nearly all U.S. trading partners, effective April 5,...more
4/4/2025
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New trade policies—and particularly tariffs—are at the top of the agenda for President Donald Trump and his new Administration. Indeed, in his first weeks in office, President Trump has already imposed tariffs on major...more
3/11/2025
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