On July 30, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries,” which eliminates de minimis entry (i.e., duty-free entry into the United States of shipments...more
8/6/2025
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On July 14, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the initiation of investigations into the effects on US national security of (i) imports of polysilicon and its derivatives, and...more
7/17/2025
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On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations - Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States and Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States - modifying the steel and aluminum tariffs that he...more
On August 15, 2019, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice formally implementing an additional ten percent tariff on approximately US$300 billion in annual imports from China...more
On May 17, 2019, the United States announced that it had reached agreements with Canada and Mexico to remove the US tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum products from those countries pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade...more
5/23/2019
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As indicated on May 10, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) today released a draft Federal Register notice proposing additional tariffs on approximately US$ 300 billion worth of goods imported from China ("List...more
5/16/2019
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Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) this evening announced its intention to apply new tariffs on all remaining China-origin imports, totaling approximately USD 325 billion per year, under Section 301 of the Trade Act...more
May 10, 2019, the Section 301 tariff rate on approximately US$200 billion worth of "List 3" Chinese imports increased to 25 percent (from the previous rate of 10 percent), after US and Chinese negotiators failed to reach an...more
5/15/2019
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