On July 24, 2025 the European Commission voted to impose retaliatory tariffs of €93 billion on U.S. goods if a trade deal is not reached between the United States and European Union. The tariffs will be effective August 7,...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
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
In the last week, the winds of change have calmed a bit on what has been a tumultuous sea of tariffs over the last four months. The Trump Administration has announced no new tariff measures, and no new investigations of...more
On May 8, 2025, the United States and the United Kingdom announced a new “trade agreement”. The Fact Sheet issued by the White House, can be found here. The Office of the United States Trade Representative has released the...more
The White House announced new tariffs on imports of automobiles and auto parts under Section 232. The new Presidential Proclamation and Fact Sheet issued on March 26, 2025, establishes a structure for rolling out this action...more
This article was originally published shortly after the election on November 26, 2024. It has been updated to reflect updates from U.S. Presidential Actions and foreign trade partner countermeasures taken after President...more
This is the first installment in a series of pieces in which members of the Womble Bond Dickinson Global Trade Advisors (GTA) team will review a number of current issues in international trade regulation. The authors will...more
President Trump announced his America First Trade Policy on his first day in office. This Policy directed federal agencies to conduct investigations on a wide spectrum of trade policies including Addressing Unfair and...more
On March 4, 2025, the Trump Administration imposed 25% import tariffs on nearly all Canadian and Mexican origin goods under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”)....more
Below is an overview of recent tariff and trade-related actions in Washington, DC. We sought to highlight key legislative and administrative developments, industry reactions, and potential impacts, in addition to some...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two new proclamations that modify the steel and aluminum tariffs originally imposed in 2018 under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. These actions expand the existing...more
On 13 February 2025, President Trump announced that he is directing the US Commerce Secretary and US Trade Representative to report to him by 1 April 2025 on specific tariffs the United States should impose to address...more
Following days of speculation, President Donald Trump announced on February 13, 2025, a new tariff policy outlined in a Presidential Memorandum entitled the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” (Plan). The Memorandum directs key trade...more
President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum titled "America First Trade Policy" on Jan. 20, 2025, outlining the immediate trade priorities for his administration. The memorandum directs various federal agencies...more
President Trump has been clear that tariffs will be a policy cornerstone of his second administration. Whether being used as leverage to extract policy concessions or to address true bilateral trade imbalances, the threat of...more
In this first installment of our four-part trade series, we explore how President-elect Trump may implement proposed tariff increases on imports of foreign-origin goods into the United States....more
For several years now, Section 301 and 232 tariffs have impacted the cost of production, resulted in price increases, shifted global supply chains and increased domestic investments in manufacturing. With new potential...more
On May 17, 2024, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a Final Rule revising the Section 232 tariff exclusion process for imported steel and aluminum products. Effective July 1,...more
The United States and India are working to complete a limited trade deal later this month. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will travel to India to finalize the agreement in the coming weeks. President Trump is...more
On August 1, 2019, President Trump announced in a tweet that the United States will impose a duty of 10 percent on $300 billion of Chinese imports beginning on September 1, 2019. As of the issuance of this alert, the...more
Section 301 List 4 Hearing Takes Place as List 3 Exclusion Process Is Set to Go Live - Beginning June 17, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) held seven days of public hearings on proposed tariffs...more
All eyes will be on President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week when the two leaders meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Both sides have indicated a willingness to re-engage on...more
USTR Publishes Notice on Increase in Section 301 List 3 Tariff Rate- On May 8, 2019, USTR released its federal register notice on the tariff increase for the third tranche (List 3) Section 301 tariffs on China. The duty...more
On May 17, 2019, President Trump announced two significant trade developments. First, the President announced his determination in the national security investigation of imports of autos and auto parts under Section 232 of...more