Effective June 28, 2025, importers of derivative downstream products incorporating aluminum known should report “unknown” in lieu of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code when the country of smelt and...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two Proclamations announcing the reinstatement of the 25% tariff on all steel imports and the reinstatement and increase of tariffs on aluminum imports to 25% pursuant to Section...more
The White House issued a Fact Sheet and Proclamation addressing Section 232 tariff actions on February 10, 2025. These steps strengthen President Trump’s 2018 tariff actions on steel and aluminum imported into the United...more
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on June 3, 2025, which effectively doubles the tariffs applicable to most steel and aluminum imports into the United States. The new rate is 50%. The effective date for this change...more
On June 3, 2025, President Trump issued a Proclamation (“the Proclamation”) increasing the Section 232 duties on imports of aluminum and steel from 25% to 50%. The Proclamation states that the previously imposed steel and...more
The White House issued a new Executive Order (the “EO”) on April 29, 2025, regarding the potential for a “stacking” effect of its 25% Section 232 automobile and parts tariffs, the 25% tariff applicable to non-USMCA imports...more
On February 10, President Trump issued Proclamations 10896, “Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States” and 10895 “Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States,” (together, Proclamations), reasserting U.S....more
Welcome to the March 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
Tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminum mill products from all sources, imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, went in effect at 12:01 this morning...more
On February 10, 2025, the Trump administration published a proclamation announcing reinstatement of the 25% tariff on all steel imports (“Steel Proclamation”). That same day, President Trump also issued a proclamation...more
President Donald Trump issued two presidential proclamations on Monday, February 10, 2025, that make significant changes to the tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) that the president initially imposed in his first term...more
In March 2018, President Donald J. Trump invoked Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to impose duties on imports of steel (25 percent ad valorem) and aluminum (10 percent ad valorem)...more
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
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
The White House issued a Fact Sheet and Presidential Proclamation addressing Section 232 tariff actions on February 10, 2025. These steps strengthen President Trump’s 2018 tariff actions on steel and aluminum imported into...more
On July 10, 2024, the President issued two Presidential Proclamations related to the imposition of Section 232 duties on certain steel and aluminum products from Mexico. The first establishes a “melt and pour” requirement...more
On July 10, 2024, United States President Joseph R. Biden issued two separate proclamations that narrow the exclusions from tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ("Section 232") for certain...more
Key Points - On February 24, the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced, via Presidential Proclamation 10522, an additional 200% ad valorem tariff on Russian origin aluminum...more
In Husch Blackwell’s September 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law: •Husch Blackwell filed complaints at the CIT challenging the substantive and...more
- In Presidential Proclamation 10060, announced on August 6, 2020, President Trump reinstated a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada under the Section 232 of the Trade...more
Why importers of steel and aluminum derivative products should consider challenging the administration’s imposition of additional Section 232 duties: The processes followed by the administration in implementing additional...more
- President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 9980 on January 24, 2020, expanding the product scope of existing tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on certain articles of aluminum and...more
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
The New Era of Tariffs- A Section 232 and Section 301 Timeline for 2018- Below is a comprehensive timeline and summary of Section 232 aluminum and steel tariffs and Section 301 tariffs through the end of 2018. We have...more
Driven by a newly aggressive “America First” trade policy under the Trump administration, global trade barriers are increasing rapidly, with proposals for new tariffs and non-tariff barriers issued by U.S. and foreign...more