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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Commerce Department Announces New Section 232 Investigations on Polysilicon and its Derivative Products and Unmanned Aircraft...

On July 14, 2025, the Commerce Department announced new investigations initiated by the Secretary of Commerce on July 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The pre-publication Federal Register...more

Wiley Rein LLP

ATF Allows Importation of Dual-Use Firearm Barrels, Irrespective of Previous Status or Configuration

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has issued Ruling 2025-1, which loosens ATF’s policy with respect to the importation of firearm barrels. Specifically, the agency will now allow the importation of...more

Morgan Lewis

From Offshore to Onshore: Considerations for Pharmaceutical Industry Stakeholders Amid New Domestic Drug Manufacturing EO

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The White House on May 5, 2025 issued an executive order requiring the US Food and Drug Administration to find ways to facilitate the opening of new drug manufacturing sites in the United States while also increasing the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Driving Up Costs? Trump’s New 25% Tariff Hits Imported Cars and Parts

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The Trump administration has announced a 25% tariff on imported passenger vehicles and auto parts — on top of existing duties — potentially reshaping pricing, sourcing and production strategies across the auto industry. The...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States (Trump EO Tracker)

As of March 12, 2025, this order: Terminates the alternative arrangements under Section 232 for exempt countries (Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Canada, the EU, and the UK)....more

Baker Donelson

Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities Under the Second Trump Administration

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Chinese Manufactured Batteries Pose Cybersecurity Threat to Critical Infrastructure

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, released its annual report to Congress this month.  The 793-page report responds to the Commission’s mandate to “monitor, investigate, and report to Congress on the...more

Clark Hill PLC

Proposed Rulemaking: Imported Chinese Hardware for Advanced Auto Features Will Be Banned in 2029

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On Sept. 26,  the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

BIS Proposes Rule to Secure Connected Vehicle Supply Chains from Foreign Adversary Threats: Rule Will Create New Compliance...

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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) on Sept. 26, 2024, to address certain undue or unacceptable risks identified in Executive Order...more

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U.S. proposal prohibits imports, sales of connected vehicles and systems with China or Russia nexus

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On 23 September 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would prohibit the sale in or import into the United States of Connected Vehicles integrating specific...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FCC Bars Imports of Telecommunications Equipment or Technology from Certain Chinese Producers

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On November 25, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new rules to block the importation of telecommunications equipment considered unacceptably hazardous to U.S. national security. These new FCC rules...more

Gray Reed

Is Your Business Impacted by Tariffs?

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Last month’s back-and-forth between the United States and China resulted in a flurry of proclamations establishing tariffs on imports from the respective countries. We’re here to help boil it down so you know whether your...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Exclusions Process Gives Automotive Companies the Possibility of Exemption from Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

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On March 23rd, automotive companies that rely on imported steel and aluminum were confronted with new special tariffs of 25 percent on all imports of steel and tariffs of ten percent on all imports of aluminum, with temporary...more

Jones Day

European Commission Announces Safeguard Investigation into Steel Imports

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On March 26, 2018, the European Commission initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of a wide variety of steel products into the European Union ("EU"). The investigation covers 26 product categories, ranging from hot...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Exclusions Process Opens Up Potential Relief from Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs for Automotive Companies

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On March 23, automotive companies that rely on imported steel and aluminum were confronted with new special tariffs of 25 percent on all imports of steel and tariffs of 10 percent on all imports of aluminum, with temporary...more

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New Exclusions Process Opens Up Potential Relief from Section 232 Tariffs for Users of Specialty Steel and Aluminum Products or...

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On March 23rd, steel and aluminum users were confronted with new special tariffs of 25 percent on all imports of steel and tariffs of ten percent on all imports of aluminum, with temporary exclusions for Argentina, Australia,...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Manufacturing Outlook: The Exclusion Process for The Steel/Aluminum Tariffs

Earlier this week, our firm sponsored a panel discussion entitled “Export Compliance for Aerospace & Defense Firms – What the OEMs Expect from Their Supply Chain” as part of Connecticut Export Week 2018. ...more

Dickinson Wright

Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs – Commerce Issues Requirements for Exclusion Requests

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In President Trump’s March 8, 2018 proclamations announcing new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, he directed the Commerce Department to issue procedures within ten days for requests to exclude specific products from...more

Jones Day

Presidential Proclamations Impose Tariffs on Aluminum and Steel Imports

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On March 8, 2018, President Trump signed proclamations imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. The tariffs are being imposed pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 following reports from the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Trump Administration Signals Exemptions To Steel Tariffs Are A Long Shot

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Builders and manufacturers who rely on imported steel as a major input may want to rethink their procurement strategy in light of an executive domestic preference decree issued last week. Under President Trump’s Proclamation...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

5 Steps to Obtaining an Exemption under President Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

If your company is a U.S. consumer of imported steel or aluminum, the new tariffs announced by President Trump on March 8, 2018 are bad news. The good news is that you can petition the government for exclusions of certain...more

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President Trump Announces Steel And Aluminum Tariffs With Exemptions For Canada And Mexico

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President Donald Trump surprised even his own senior staff on March 1 when he announced his intention to impose global tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

President Announces Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum Products

President Trump has issued a proclamation providing for additional 25 percent tariffs on imports of certain steel products and 10 percent tariffs on imports of certain aluminum products. The Administration's position is that...more

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