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China Shipbuilding - Industry and Shippers Prepare for Tariffs

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Domestic U.S. shipping interests are closely monitoring a United States Trade Representative (USTR) proposal for import and export trades involving Chinese vessels. There is a Section 301 investigation prompted by domestic...more

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New China Shipbuilding Tariff - Comments Due Next Week

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Newly proposed tariffs and restrictions on China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding practices were issued on April 17, 2025. The United States Trade Representative’s (“USTR”) Section 301 investigation found China holds...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

USTR Section 301 Shipbuilding Reprised

The Notice also proposes new tariffs on Chinese origin ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and cranes and parts containing Chinese components. Interested parties may submit comments in response to these proposed measures before May...more

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USTR completes section 301 investigation of China’s shipbuilding and maritime sectors, publishes final actions and proposed...

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USTR’s actions target China’s vessel operators, Chinese-built ships, Chinese cargo-handling equipment, LNG export vessels, and vehicle carriers. Chinese-operated ships and Chinese-built ships owned by non-Chinese vessel...more

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USTR Issues Final Section 301 Actions in China Shipbuilding Investigation

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On April 17, 2025, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a final notice of action for its Section 301 investigation on "China's Targeting the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Charting a New Course: The SHIPS Act of 2025 (Reintroduced)

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On April 30, 2025, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Todd Young (R-IN) — joined by a bipartisan group of Senate and House sponsors — reintroduced the Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

The U.S. Trade Representative’s New Port Fees Proposal

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On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Trade Representative (the “USTR”) released a revised proposal implementing service fees on Chinese vessel operators and owners, as well as operators of Chinese-built vessels, following a set of...more

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USTR Takes Action to Counter China's Dominance in Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors

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On April 17, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced proposed trade actions under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) to counteract China’s systemic dominance in the maritime,...more

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USTR Announces Streamlined Notice of Action to Counter Chinese Dominance in the Maritime Sector

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The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on April 17, 2025, announced its long-awaited final proposed measures to combat China's dominance in the maritime sector by imposing fees on Chinese-linked ships. Public criticism of...more

Wiley Rein LLP

USTR Announces Final Action in Section 301 Investigation into China’s Shipbuilding/Logistics Practices

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On April 17, 2025, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued its final notice of action in its investigation into China’s unfair practices affecting the shipbuilding and maritime logistics sectors. According...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

President Signs Executive Order to Revitalize US Maritime Industry

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On April 9, the President signed an executive order titled “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance” (the Order), a comprehensive initiative aimed at reversing decades of decline in the U.S. maritime industry. Citing national...more

Vedder Price

USTR Proposes Actions Pursuant to Section 301 Investigation Against Chinese-Built Ships

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The United States is no longer the global power in shipbuilding that it once was, but under the Trump Administration, this may change, and for the better, at least perhaps as far as U.S. shipbuilding is concerned....more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Executive Order Signals Trump Administration Investment in U.S. Maritime Sector

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A much-anticipated executive order (EO), "Restoring America's Maritime Dominance," issued on April 9, 2025, follows President Donald Trump's comments during his March 4, 2025, joint address to Congress, during which he vowed...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Tariffs on Non-USMCA-Compliant Products Take Effect; Increased Tariff Rate on China Imposed

Between March 4, 2025, and March 6, 2025, U.S. trade policy in North America changed course multiple times as the Trump administration initially implemented previously paused tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and two...more

Baker Donelson

What Companies Should Consider Doing in Response to President Trump's America First Trade Policy

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President Trump announced his America First Trade Policy on his first day in office. This Policy directed federal agencies to conduct investigations on a wide spectrum of trade policies including Addressing Unfair and...more

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Tariffs Update: U.S. Largely Reverses 25% Tariffs on Imports from Mexico and Canada; Maintains an Additional 10% Tariff on All...

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This article is an update to the March 2025 article “U.S. Imposes 25% Duty on Imports from Mexico and Canada Effective March 4, 2025.” Within 48 hours of announcing 25% tariffs on imports of Mexico and most imports of Canada...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

How Companies Can Adapt and Thrive in an Uncertain Trade Environment

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President Trump returned to office for a second non-contiguous term in January 2025 with a much more coherent and methodical trade plan than during his first administration. This term, he aims to prioritize strict...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

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

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After we published our Week Five in Trade post last week concerning additional sector-specific import tariffs, President Trump on Friday, February 21 signed a memorandum paving the way for the U.S. to retaliate against...more

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U.S. Introduces "Fair and Reciprocal Plan," Marking a Significant and Impactful Shift in Trade Policy

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On February 13, 2025, President Trump announced the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” (“Plan”), a major shift in U.S. trade policy designed “to counter non-reciprocal trading arrangements with trading partners by determining [and...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Braumiller Law Group - February 2025 Newsletter

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review process is scheduled to begin on July 1, 2026, but the time to prepare is now. Embedded trade compliance professionals should already be doing scenario...more

ArentFox Schiff

Trump Tariff Headlines – From Talk to Action

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As of this writing on February 3, the president’s long awaited new tariffs have been officially announced via Executive Orders (EOs) from the White House for Canada, Mexico, and China. They confirm media reports of new 25%...more

Akerman LLP

President Trump’s “America First Trade Policy” and Other Week One Trade Actions

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On January 20, 2025, within a few hours of his return to the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an “America First Trade Policy” memorandum, revealing the initial priorities of his trade agenda. Week one in the...more

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Trump Administration’s Trade & Tariff Policy

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President Trump has been clear that tariffs will be a policy cornerstone of his second administration. Whether being used as leverage to extract policy concessions or to address true bilateral trade imbalances, the threat of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … Managing Import Risks Under the New Trump Administration (Part II): The...

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During his campaign, President Trump often stated that he would be implementing an “America First” international trade policy, which he said explicitly would include higher tariffs, potentially on imports from the entire...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

President Trump Issues Sweeping Trade Policy Review Directives to Key Agencies

On January 20, 2025, as one of his first acts in office, President Trump signed a memorandum entitled the ​“America First Trade Policy” directed to the Secretaries of Commerce, State, Treasury, Defense, and Homeland Security,...more

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