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Trump Tariff Tracker -- August 6

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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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

President Trump Announces Trade Deals as the Aug. 1 Deadline Approaches

As of July 25, President Donald Trump has announced five bilateral trade deals, setting new tariff rates for the countries involved that the president intends to make effective on Aug. 1....more

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Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (7/14)

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Gov. JB Pritzker issues executive order for state agencies to assess 'disastrous' Trump tariffs- “Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Monday directing state agencies to evaluate the economic impact Illinois could...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A Time Machine and a Bag of Hammers: U.S. Tariffs are not Over

If the White House wants tariffs, but the courts strike down the Reciprocal Tariffs, what other options are out there? This is the question we asked ourselves and the answer is: there are plenty of other options. If it...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Back-and-Forth Levies in the North American Trade War: U.S. Tariffs and the Canadian Response (Update)

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We continue to follow the U.S.-Canada trade dispute, in the context of the changing global trade situation, and will continue to update the following as required. This post updates the situation to include (i) the Government...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2025 - 2025 Trade Policy Agenda Provides Rationale for Trump Tariff Actions

On March 3, 2025, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2025 Trade Policy Agenda and 2024 Annual Report by the United States Trade Representative of the President of the United States on the...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

United States imposes customs tariffs on imports of Israeli products

On April 2, 2025, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order announcing the imposition of very extensive customs tariffs on products being imported into the United States. Following is a quick analysis of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Trade, Tariffs, and Some Not So De Minimis Changes: A Look at the Lead Up to “Liberation Day”

The month of April will mark the close of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, in which we have already seen a number of significant trade-related announcements, orders, actions, and retractions come from...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Back-and-forth Levies in the North American Trade War: U.S. Tariffs and Canada’s Response

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We continue to follow the U.S.-Canada trade dispute and will update this post as required. The most recent series of events began with the White House’s March 2, 2025 announcement that, effective 12:01 a.m. EST on...more

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First Shots Fired in the North American Trade War: U.S. Tariffs and Canada’s Immediate Response

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Effective as of 12:01 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, the United States imposes 25 per cent tariffs on almost all goods imported from Canada. A lower tariff of 10 per cent is imposed on Canadian energy and resource products...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

2024 Post-Election Analysis: US Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Take Effect Amid Trade Policy Shifts

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During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China. This was widely viewed as a negotiating tactic, especially concerning Canada and Mexico, the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

U.S.–Canada Tariffs: Timeline of Key Dates and Documents

January 20, 2025 - Trump Administration’s America First Trade Policies - U.S. presidential memorandum “America First Trade Policy” outlines trade priorities of the new Trump administration and directs departments to...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

President Announces New Section 232 Investigation on Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products

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On March 1, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to initiate a Section 232 investigation into imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products. This...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

U.S. Businesses Brace for 25% Duties on Imports From Canada and Mexico

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On February 1, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Orders (“EOs”) imposing additional 25 percent duties on almost all imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent duties on import of energy from Canada. These tariffs...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Overview of the Trump Administration's Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs

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President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on reciprocal trade and tariffs on Feb. 13, 2025, citing the economic and national security threat posed by the trade deficit, as outlined in the Jan. 20, 2025, America First Trade...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs

Introduces the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan,” which directs agencies to initiate all necessary actions to investigate any harmful non-reciprocal trade arrangement utilized by trading partners of the United States. Agencies will...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Reciprocal Tariffs: Presidential Memorandum Orders Investigations but No Immediate Action or Duties

On February 13, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum (the Memorandum) ordering the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Commerce to initiate investigations of “harmful”...more

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President Trump Signs Memorandum Directing Agencies to Study Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs

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On Thursday, February 13, 2025, President Trump signed a memorandum entitled “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs.” The memorandum stopped well short of immediately imposing a tariff regime and instead directs the Secretary of...more

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President Signs Steel/Aluminum Tariffs EO

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President Trump spoke to reporters this evening as he signed – but did not immediately publish – the promised Executive Order to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Tariffs are scheduled to take effect March 12....more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Tariffs as Promised: What to Do Next

On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump signed orders implementing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, as promised. The tariffs are set to go into effect Feb. 4, meaning payments will start becoming due for imports as of 12:01...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Canada, Mexico, and China Announce Responses to IEEPA Tariffs Imposed by President Trump

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In response to the tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canada, Mexico, and China on February 1, 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), each of those three countries has indicated it plans to...more

Cozen O'Connor

Making Sense of Trump’s Day One and Two Pronouncements on Trade and Tariffs

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The first two days of the new Trump administration were marked by pronouncements that portend short-run uncertainty about the tariff environment. Although President Trump’s past statements had led many people to expect he...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - September 2020

As the November elections rapidly approach, Congress faces a number of key legislative deadlines, including the need to fund federal agencies and extend expiring federal programs at the conclusion of the current fiscal year...more

Hogan Lovells

President issues executive order eliminating Hong Kong's preferential treatment

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On 14 July, the same day the president signed into law the Hong Kong Autonomy Act (the act), President Trump issued the Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization (the EO) directing federal agencies to impose a range of trade...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

U.S. Companies to Face New Challenges in China Following Creation of Unreliable Entity Regime

U.S. companies could face new headaches in the escalating U.S.-China trade war due to China’s forthcoming “unreliable entity list,” recently announced by the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) in response to an Executive...more

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