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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Who is Stacking the Chips: U.S. Commerce Department Launches Section 232 Investigation into Semiconductor Imports

On April 16, 2025, the Department of Commerce announced that it initiated an investigation on April 1, 2025, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, into imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment...more

Perkins Coie

New US Commerce Prohibitions on Chinese and Russian Connected Vehicle Technology

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New security rules designed to protect the connected vehicle supply chain will take effect in March unless they are withdrawn. The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published the final rule...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Upcoming Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Set for March 4, New U.S. Copper Import Investigation, and Key Next Steps for...

Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China - On March 4, 2025, the United States will implement previously suspended tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as new tariffs on Chinese imports, marking a significant...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Places His Early Mark on Export Controls

Howard Lutnick has been confirmed as Secretary of Commerce, while Jeffrey Kessler has been nominated for Under Secretary for Industry and Security. Both have more experience with trade policy and tariffs than with export...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Week Four in Trade – First 100 Days of the New Administration

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Earlier, we discussed President Trump’s proclamations on aluminum and steel imports, which raised the tariff rate to 25 percent on imports of aluminum and steel (and certain derivatives thereof) under Section 232 of the Trade...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Trump Administration Expands Steel and Aluminum Duties, and Eliminates Product Exclusions and Exemptions from Certain Countries

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations (collectively, the “Proclamations”) that increase tariffs on imports of aluminum products from 10% to 25%, maintain 25% tariffs on imports of steel products, and...more

Alston & Bird

Lutnick Clears Committee Vote, More Nominations

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A crucial part of Trump’s agenda will be those who execute it. We recap recent developments specific to leadership nominations and confirmations below....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Updates on Potential Trade Tariffs for the Fentanyl Epidemic

This is an update on our October 24, 2024, client alert, “Are Tariffs the New Ammunition to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis?” We reported that a Section 301 petition had been filed by a nonprofit, Facing Fentanyl, requesting that...more

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Our International Trade team comments on additional restrictions on trade with Cuba

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The Trump Administration announced a more restrictive policy towards Cuba in a presidential memo issued in June 2017. Since then, the Administration has implemented initiatives that have narrowed or revoked authorized trading...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

White House Rescinds Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exemptions for Argentina and Brazil

President Trump, on December 2, 2019, announced via a Twitter post that the tariff exemptions granted to Argentina and Brazil from tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports would end “effective...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

The War of the Lists and How It Could Affect Your Company

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Since the Trump Administration announced its tariffs on Chinese goods, the US-China trade war has continued to escalate and create uncertainty for many US, Chinese and other international companies. The Trump Administration’s...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

International Trade Update: A Long Hot Summer of Trade Disturbances

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The Administration has been fully occupied this summer in its ongoing disputes with America’s major trading partners.  The U.S. Government is at least nominally resuming high level trade negotiations with China after months...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The Drama Around Huawei: Can U.S. Companies Do Business with the Chinese Chipmaker? - Huawei Seems to Be a Bargaining Chip in...

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• President Donald Trump saying at the recent G20 Summit in Japan that American companies could keep selling products to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) was another installment in the drama surrounding the Chinese tech...more

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The U.S. Administration Targets Huawei in Actions to Curtail its Involvement in U.S. Telecommunications Networks and Access to...

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On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) declaring a national emergency and paving the way for a ban on the use of Huawei equipment and services in U.S. telecommunication networks. On the same day, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Enhanced US Export Controls and Aggressive Enforcement Likely to Impact China

Tariffs targeting Chinese imports into the United States garnered headlines throughout 2018. However, during the latter part of the year, the U.S. government more quietly initiated efforts that in 2019 and beyond could be...more

Alston & Bird

Changes to Cuba Sanctions Program Pursuant to National Security Presidential Memorandum

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On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced...more

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