The future of the IEEPA-based fentanyl-related and reciprocal tariffs remains in limbo as the cases against these tariffs continue their slog through the federal courts. On August 29, the Court of Appeals for the Federal...more
The implementation of the reciprocal tariffs continues to have an impact on U.S. consumers. The "de minimis" exemption, which allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty-free, is ending tomorrow, August...more
8/29/2025
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The pressure of the country specific reciprocal tariffs continues to have an effect on the negotiations high-tariffed countries are having with the Trump Administration. On Aug. 21, the White House released the details of the...more
8/22/2025
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With the country-specific and baseline reciprocal tariff rates now in effect for most U.S. trading partners, the Trump Administration continues to discuss a trade deal with China to reduce the tariffs that could be imposed by...more
8/14/2025
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President Trump signed the Executive Order on July 31 imposing the country-specific reciprocal tariff rates. Those rates will take effect on August 7, 2025 for most imports. The Executive Order maintains a baseline 10% tariff...more
8/7/2025
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On July 31, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order modifying the reciprocal tariff rates for certain countries that have goods trade deficits with the United States (the “Tariff Executive Order”). The Tariff...more
8/4/2025
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We are days away from the announced deadline for the imposition of the country specific reciprocal tariffs, and the picture is becoming clearer around the tariffs that will be imposed on some of the United States’ most...more
We are one week away from the re-imposition of the country specific reciprocal tariffs and U.S. trading partners continue to jockey for trade deals with the U.S. government. The latest victor in this race is Japan. The Trump...more
7/24/2025
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President Trump continues to issue letters to countries notifying them of the tariff rates they will be subject to come August 1. For the United States’ most important trading partners, Canada, Mexico and the EU, this means...more
Uncertainty around the reciprocal tariffs continues to abound as President Trump has extended the deadline for the imposition of the country-specific reciprocal tariffs while at the same time notifying certain countries of...more
The news of trade negotiations – those that have succeeded and those that are faltering – continues to come in as we are a week away from the country-specific reciprocal tariffs coming into effect. Today, President Trump...more
7/3/2025
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We are two weeks away from the country-specific reciprocal tariffs coming into effect, and the Trump Administration is still continuing to engage in trade talks with around 20 countries. With these negotiations ongoing, it is...more
With less than a month until the reciprocal tariffs are scheduled to snap into effect, foreign governments continue to pursue negotiations with the Trump Administration around individual country tariff rates. On Monday, June...more
President Trump said today that his administration reached a tentative agreement on a trade truce with China following talks between the two sides in London. According to the President, the tentative agreement will result in...more
Almost as soon as they were vacated by the Court of International Trade (“CIT”), President Trump's reciprocal tariffs and trafficking-related tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, all of which were issued under the...more
In a stunning turn of events for the Trump Administration’s trade policy, today, May 28, the Court of International Trade vacated President Trump's reciprocal tariffs and trafficking-related tariffs on China, Canada and...more
On May 23, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Syria General License 25 (“GL 25”), effectively lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria. This move follows President Trump’s announcement on...more
6/2/2025
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In the last week, the winds of change have calmed a bit on what has been a tumultuous sea of tariffs over the last four months. The Trump Administration has announced no new tariff measures, and no new investigations of...more
After announcing and then pausing the implementation of wide-ranging reciprocal tariffs last month, the Trump Administration has recently taken notable steps aimed at recalibrating and improving U.S. trading relationships....more
Bilateral negotiations around the Trump Administration’s tariffs have begun to bear fruit as we see tariff relief for China and the U.K. The U.S. and China have agreed to roll back most of the tariffs that each country has...more
This past Saturday, the last piece of the automobile tariffs came into force when those 25 percent tariffs became effective on imported automobile parts (including engines and engine parts, transmissions and powertrain parts,...more
We have passed the 100-day mark in the second Trump Administration and tariffs remain the talk of the town, with President Trump taking more trade-related actions in this time than any other president in modern history. As...more
5/1/2025
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With the reciprocal tariffs in place, the Trump Administration is showing no signs of slowing down in its use of tariffs to push President Trump’s trade agenda. On April 16, the Commerce Department announced that on April 1...more
After a whirlwind of a week in U.S. trade policy, the dust has finally settled and we can see where we have landed with the reciprocal and other tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration. Following the initial threat of...more
On April 2, 2025, as part of a “Liberation Day” ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing wide-ranging tariffs on imports from virtually every country in the world...more
4/7/2025
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