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
On July 31, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order detailing new reciprocal tariff rates for individual countries and stating they will take effect at 12:01 a.m. EST seven days from the date of the order (i.e.,...more
It has been several months now since President Trump began rolling out the flurry of trade actions that have come to define his America First Trade Policy, which culminated to the so-called Liberation Day reciprocal tariffs. ...more
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 U.S....more
In the face of US tariffs on steel, aluminium, autos and autoparts, the threat of resumption of so-called “reciprocal” tariffs and investigations concerning tariffs on products ranging from pharmaceuticals to wood, the EU...more
On May 11, 2025, the United States and China concluded their trade negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. Both countries agreed to make certain “beneficial economic” commitments to deescalate the trade war, the most important...more
“President Trump's reciprocal tariffs have introduced significant uncertainty into the economy. The one certainty though is that Trump loves tariffs and they will therefore likely continue to play a central role in his...more
On Monday, February 10, 2025, President Trump signed Proclamations imposing 25 percent on all imports of steel and increasing the duty rate from 10 to 25 percent for all imports of aluminum into the United States pursuant to...more
This white paper lays out a twelve-step program for dealing with the Trump administration trade war, both for importers who are dealing with special tariffs and the sharp increase in antidumping and countervailing duty...more