Making Trade Inclusive for All Americans Podcast: A Conversation with the President of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA)
On 18 July 2025, the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation on future measures to protect the European Union (EU) steel sector from unfair trade practices. The deadline to provide input is 18 August 2025....more
On 19 March 2025, the European Commission ("Commission") unveiled its European Steel and Metals Action Plan ("Steel and Metals Plan"), outlining the short and medium-term work program aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of...more
The European Union (EU) had said repeatedly that it will retaliate in case of U.S. tariffs, which the EU sees as unjustified. The EU preferred (and attempted) a negotiated solution but moved swiftly to retaliation once the...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
President Trump issued a Proclamation that expands the 25% tariffs on steel and steel derivatives, first imposed in 2018 under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Aluminum and aluminum derivatives will also now...more
Update: On February 10, 2025, the Trump administration issued a proclamation reinstating a 25% ad valorem tariff on steel imports and increasing tariffs on aluminum imports to 25%, as well as ending all beneficial...more
The year 2024 holds the potential for significant developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism. With the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February, members may reach agreements...more
On December 28, 2023, the White House published presidential proclamations extending the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) in place on imports of steel and aluminum products from the European Union (EU) until December 31, 2025....more
The new measures bar the import of iron or steel products processed in countries other than Russia but incorporating Russian-origin iron or steel components. The measures form part of a series of significant sanctions updates...more
In October 2021, the European Union and the United States launched negotiations for a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum, or GASSA, which would link import restraints to exporting countries' efforts to...more
As expected, on January 1, 2022, the additional Section 232 tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union (EU) were replaced with a new Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ). The TRQ is the result of an October 2021...more
The U.S. and the EU have announced a settlement regarding the U.S. Section 232 duties on European steel and aluminum products. As part of that settlement, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced that the 25...more
On October 31, 2021, the Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative announced an agreement with the European Union (EU) to remove the 25% additional tariffs on steel and 10% additional tariffs on...more
China Resumes LNG Imports from the U.S. - "Chinese buyers have resumed imports of liquefied natural gas from U.S. exporters, as Beijing started granting waivers to a 25% import tariff." Why this is important: In the...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 23 (December 12, 2019) - United States President Donald Trump tweeted in the early morning of December 2 that he would “restore the Tariffs on all Steel & Aluminum that is shipped...more
The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of currencies in both South American nations....more
New Sulfur Caps for Shipping Fuels Will Help Make the Shale Boom Even Bigger "Now the shale revolution will help shippers across the world comply with the International Maritime Organization's 2020 standards, called "IMO...more
The year 2018 may be remembered as a turning point for US trade policy and the international trading system. The Trump administration took several unilateral trade actions, including the imposition of global "national...more
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE - Trade Policy - E.U.: The E.U. gave approval to the imposition of a 10% levy against a $3.2 billion worth of imports from the United States on a range of products in retaliation for the 25%...more
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is undoubtedly breathing a sigh of relief on news out of the UK yesterday that Uber will regain its taxi license in London—a “crucial victory for efforts by its new chief executive to revamp the...more
On March 8, 2018, President Trump exercised "his authority to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports" under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. On April 30, 2018,...more
On 1 June 2018, the US imposed tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from the EU, Canada and Mexico. The tariffs are 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium. ...more
On March 26, 2018, the European Commission initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of a wide variety of steel products into the European Union ("EU"). The investigation covers 26 product categories, ranging from hot...more
Country-Specific “Exemptions” - Last week Seyfarth Shaw published an alert concerning the 25% global tariff on imported steel articles, which commenced at midnight on March 23, 2018, and which would have applied to the...more
On March 8, 2018, President Trump signed Presidential Proclamations adjusting imports of steel and aluminum into the US. This action marks the imposition of heavy tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, in a move that may...more