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CBP Issues Guidance on the Additional 25% Tariffs for Imports from India

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On August 26, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued guidance via CSMS #66027027 regarding the implementation of additional tariffs on certain imports from India, effective August 27, 2025. Under these new...more

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False Claims Act Usage Continues to Rise in US Tariff Enforcement Context

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In the first eight months of 2025, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced four significant settlements involving allegations of knowingly and improperly evading customs duties on imports under the False Claims Act...more

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So Your Goods Have Arrived at the Border. What Can Go Wrong?

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Efficient cross-border shipping demands more than just reliable systems—it requires expert oversight to navigate documentary hurdles and avoid costly customs delays. Proactive preparation protects revenue, prevents storage...more

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Expanded Priority Sectors Signals FLETF’s Continued Focus on Enforcement

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The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) recently announced significant updates to the enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). FLETF, led by the Department of Homeland Security, has expanded its...more

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Tariffs Meet COSO: A Two-Way Street to Risk & Opportunity Management

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In today’s global trade environment, tariffs have become a company-wide concern—impacting legal, compliance, finance, and operations alike. This article introduces how the COSO Internal Control Framework can serve as a...more

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Section 232 Tariff Developments: Hundreds of Steel and Aluminum Derivatives Added and Pharmaceutical and Semiconductor Tariffs Are...

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The Department of Commerce significantly expanded Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum by adding 407 additional Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes to its derivative list. The newly covered products include consumer...more

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US Commerce Adds 428 HTS Codes to Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff List

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Following weeks of anticipation, the US Department of Commerce has issued its formal determination expanding the list of steel and aluminum products subject to the 50% ad valorem duties imposed under Section 232....more

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Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why does the "importer of record" provision matter?

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To ascertain which party in a commercial contract is responsible for tariffs, it is important to check whether the contract specifies the importer of record....more

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US-Japan Trade Agreement Introduces New Tariffs and Investment Commitments

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On July 22, President Trump announced that the United States and Japan had reached a bilateral trade agreement, which if fully implemented, would reduce tariffs on Japanese imports to a baseline 15% rate in exchange for a...more

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Tariff Impact for Inbound Ocean Supply Chains

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On July 31, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“E.O.”) modifying reciprocal tariffs that became effective on August 7, 2025.  Some aspects of the impact are well understood such as increased tariff burden on...more

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Hot Topics in International Trade - Wood Chucks Chuck Canadian Lumber tariffs

The U.S. has put 35% tariffs on Canadian products entering the US market, including Canadian lumber. It does beg the question, how much wood could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood....more

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Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Combat Counterfeit Imports

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation to detect and combat counterfeit and pirated imports. Companion legislation is also being introduced in the House by Reps. Blake...more

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Five Compliance Best Practices for … Customs Intellectual Property Rights

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As an accompaniment to our biweekly series on What Every Multinational Should Know About various international trade, enforcement, and compliance topics, below find an update to our “Five Compliance Best Practices” series,...more

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China IEEPA Reciprocal Tariff Increases Paused Until November

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On August 11, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an executive order extending the 10% IEEPA reciprocal tariffs on goods from China for an additional 90 days until November 10, 2025. The higher country specific tariffs...more

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Petition Summary: High Dissolving Pulp from Brazil and Norway

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On August 11, 2025, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. (“RYAM”) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO (“USW”) (collectively...more

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The Risks of Trade-Related FCA Enforcement

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In March 2025, in a similar blog post to this one, Nithya Nagarajan and Robert Romashko forecasted that False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement would increase under the current tariff-focused trade policy regime. Sure enough,...more

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U.S. de minimis customs exception to end in August 2025

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President Trump signed an executive order that will end the de minimis customs exception for parcels valued at less than $800. On July 30, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14324, “Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis...more

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Navigating Insurance Coverage for Customs and FCA Risks in a Shifting Trade Landscape

In a recent post, we briefly explored potential insurance coverage for tariff- and trade-related losses, particularly in the context of escalating global trade tensions and U.S. enforcement trends. Since then, enforcement...more

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Tariffs Day is Here … For Now

As of midnight, a sweeping set of new tariffs is in effect. Many are country-specific or based on foreign policies targeting specific products from specific countries. Some of the tariffs going into effect are based on...more

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Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why do pricing and tax provisions matter?

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President Trump’s shakeup of U.S. trade policy with its approach to tariffs is costing companies billions of dollars. In fact, in June of this year, importers paid the U.S. government customs duties (of which tariffs are a...more

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President Trump Orders 50 percent Section 232 Tariff on Copper Imports

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On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation1 that imposed a 50 percent tariff on the copper input value of imports of semi-finished copper and intensive copper derivative products effective August 1,...more

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Tariff and Trade Q&A: Adam Dambrov

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With over 30 years of experience helping importers maximize savings and increase compliance, how have recent shifts in U.S. trade policy impacted companies’ duty mitigation strategies? Over the course of my career, the...more

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United States to Suspend Customs De Minimis Entry for Most Shipments on August 29, 2025

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On July 30, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries,” which eliminates de minimis entry (i.e., duty-free entry into the United States of shipments...more

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10 Key Facts About the DOJ’s Crackdown on Tariff Evasion

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are cracking down on tariff evasion. The DOJ has expressly stated that exposing and prosecuting tariff evasion schemes is among its top...more

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Hot Topics in International Trade - August 2025 - Behind the Numbers: My Transformative Internship Journey at SAT (Tax...

I am a fifth-year Mexico law student attending the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi pursuing at the same time a Bachelor of Arts in Management in City University of Seattle, because of a partnership between both...more

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