As the Aug. 1, 2025, end date for President Donald Trump's most recent suspension of country-specific reciprocal tariffs approaches, stakeholders should consider where ongoing bilateral negotiations stand, what the potential...more
7/22/2025
/ Canada ,
China ,
India ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Section 232 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
As importers await outcomes from the Trump Administration's trade negotiations, a series of newly imposed tariffs continues to impact a broad spectrum of imported products and related supply chains. Businesses are currently...more
7/18/2025
/ Customs ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Evasion ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Risk Management ,
Strategic Planning ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Whistleblowers
As the July 9, 2025, end date for President Donald Trump's suspension of country-specific reciprocal tariffs draws near, stakeholders should consider where ongoing bilateral negotiations stand, what the potential outcomes may...more
7/3/2025
/ Bilateral Agreements ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, 2024, announced his intention to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on China, as well as additional 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada. He has not yet indicated which authority...more
12/5/2024
/ Canada ,
China ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Mexico ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced final modifications concerning the statutory review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Acts,...more
9/17/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Imports ,
NPRM ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Nearshoring is now clearly on the agenda of North American leaders, due in part because of supply chain disruptions derived from COVID-19, the United States' trade tensions with China1 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine....more
2/3/2023
/ China ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Mexico ,
Offshoring ,
Outsourcing ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR
The bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect on June 21, 2022. Moving forward, any goods mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the...more
7/14/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Entity List ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Restrictions ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 24, 2021, issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on silica-based products produced by Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd. (Hoshine) and its subsidiaries. Hoshine makes...more
6/30/2021
/ China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Forced Labor ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Manufacturers ,
Silica ,
Solar Panels ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Jan. 25, 2021, "Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers" (E.O.), aimed at strengthening Buy American provisions. The E.O. was one of a number...more
In struggling to address the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the United States and many other countries continue to face major shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as N95 masks, gowns and other vital materials...more
8/3/2020
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FinCEN ,
Fraud ,
Imports ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Supplies ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Price Gouging ,
Scams ,
Supply Chain
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed the extent to which the United States and other countries are dependent upon a well-functioning global supply chain of critical medical supplies, including ventilators and Personal Protective...more
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on April 8, 2020, released an advance copy of a temporary rule banning exportation of five types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the United States without its...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has proposed a rule implementing the terms of President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13873 (the EO) on securing the United States' information and communications technology and...more
12/27/2019
/ CFIUS ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Digital Communications ,
Executive Orders ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
National Security ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Screening Procedures ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department
• The White House has issued a new Executive Order designed to promote the use of American-made products in all infrastructure projects receiving federal funding, another step in the Trump Administration's Buy American...more
2/7/2019
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Berry Amendment ,
Buy American Act ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Manufacturers ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Agreements Act ,
Trump Administration