On August 6, 2025, President Trump published a new Executive Order imposing secondary tariffs on India in response to its continued importation of Russian-origin crude oil. This marks both an escalation in U.S. trade...more
For decades, supply chain planning, sourcing decisions, and landed cost analysis relied on stable and predictable duties and tariffs, along with carefully crafted and well implemented trade agreements such as USMCA. ...more
Key Takeaways - New 25 Percent Tariff on Indian Imports: Starting August 27, 2025, the U.S. will impose a 25 percent tariff on certain products from India, in addition to existing duties....more
In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has taken a range of actions intended to significantly alter the U.S. trade landscape. Specifically, during the course of July, President Trump unveiled a series of letters to U.S....more
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
Foley & Lardner partners Gregory Husisian and David Simon detailed the rise and risks of tariff evasion in the POLITICO article, “As Trump raises tariffs, companies find ways to cheat — and risk getting caught.”...more
The Trump Administration announced in an executive order that it will institute and impose an additional 25% on imports of goods with a country of origin India effective August 27, 2025 to address India’s imports of Russian...more
In a series of Executive Orders issued during the last week of July 2025, President Trump ordered the increase of tariff rates for imports originating from dozens of countries, effective August 7, 2025. ...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
OVERVIEW - The Trump Administration has made it clear that it intends to increase the United States’s production of critical minerals, with a focus on copper, through its implementation of the “Unleashing American Energy”...more
On July 30, President Trump took two actions that represent a significant escalation in the administration’s evolving trade strategy: (1) a presidential proclamation (the proclamation) imposing a 50% ad valorem tariff on...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
To address the effects of copper imports on U.S. national security, President Trump issued a proclamation to impose “universal 50% tariffs on imports of semi-finished copper products (such as copper pipes, wires, rods,...more
Key Takeaways - As the August 1 deadline approaches, the U.S. has reached trade deals with several countries that lower U.S. tariff rates in exchange for increased market access and investments benefiting U.S. industries....more
As the Aug. 1, 2025, end date for President Donald Trump's most recent suspension of country-specific reciprocal tariffs approaches, stakeholders should consider where ongoing bilateral negotiations stand, what the potential...more
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has launched two additional Section 232 investigations covering unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), their parts and components, and of polysilicon and its derivatives. President Trump is...more
On July 14, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the initiation of investigations into the effects on US national security of (i) imports of polysilicon and its derivatives, and...more
President Trump continues to issue letters to countries notifying them of the tariff rates they will be subject to come August 1. For the United States’ most important trading partners, Canada, Mexico and the EU, this means...more
On July 9, President Trump told a group of reporters that a 50% tariff on all copper imports was imminent....more
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
Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum have been in effect since 2018, during the first Trump administration. Until recently, importers had been able to file exclusion requests at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau...more
Welcome to the July 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
Section 232 Investigation Ends with 50% Duties on Copper - On Tuesday, July 8, President Trump told reporters that he would soon announce a 50% tariff on copper—the result of a Section 232 Investigation into U.S. copper...more
President Trump Announces Higher Tariff Rates Effective August 1st- After announcing an extension of the reciprocal tariff rates from July 9, 2025, to August 1,2025, President Trump published letters which were sent to...more
Key Takeaways - Tariff Deadline Extended to August 1: President Trump postponed the implementation of country-specific reciprocal tariffs from July 9 to August 1, giving countries additional time to negotiate deals with the...more