The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has launched three Section 232 investigations covering pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical ingredients, and their derivative products; semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment...more
4/18/2025
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The increased, country-specific tariffs imposed under President Trump's Reciprocal Tariff Executive Order (EO) went into effect on April 9, 2025, but were paused for 90 days shortly thereafter. A ten percent tariff now...more
The 25 Percent Tariff on Canadian and Mexican Products - On March 3, 2025, the Trump administration announced that the United States would proceed with its anticipated plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on products imported...more
3/11/2025
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President Trump issued two Proclamations wherein he reinstated 25 percent tariffs on all steel imports subject to the original Section 232 action and subsequent steel derivatives action and increased the Section 232 duties on...more
2/14/2025
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The Defense Production Act Title III (DPA Title III) was utilized during President Trump's first term to support certain materials critical to national defense and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Biden...more
Expanding on our prior alert, the next administration is expected to implement economic policies that will present significant opportunities for companies who make or want to make their products in the United States with...more
Trade action was a touchstone of the first Trump Administration. Statements throughout the campaign by President-Elect Trump and his surrogates suggest significant trade actions in the second term. The actions and potential...more
11/25/2024
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Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
The Biden administration announced that it will increase tariffs in key product areas, largely focusing on electric vehicles, batteries, solar cells, and supporting industries. This increase in tariffs results from the U.S....more
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released guidance for the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), which was enacted in November 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)....more
As previously discussed in this December Alert, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) is effective as of June 21. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) now presumes that all goods produced in Xinjiang, China are...more
President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (H.R. 6256) into law on December 23, 2021. The act seeks to ensure that goods produced using forced labor do not enter the United States. U.S. Customs and...more