Trade Agreements, Trade Negotiations, Imports

New U.S. Tariff Rates Set to Take Effect on August 7, as Negotiations Continue

Blank Rome LLP on 8/7/2025

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

The UK Has Left the EU but Northern Ireland Has Stayed, More Or Less

King & Spalding on 2/12/2020

The UK will be out of the EU - The UK left the EU on 31 January. There will be a transition period during which the UK will be bound by EU law but will not have a vote or be part of EU decision-making. The transition is...more

US Removes COSCO Shipping Arm from OFAC Sanctions List

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/12/2020

On January 31, 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury removed sanctions on COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian). The delisting may have resulted from US-Chinese...more

United States and China Sign "Phase One" Trade Agreement; USTR Implements Tariff Reduction for "List 4A" Goods

White & Case LLP on 1/17/2020

On January 15, 2020, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed "Phase One" of an Economic and Trade Agreement between the United States and China. The Phase One Agreement, which the two sides announced in...more

New year presents new opportunities in federal budget cycle

Hogan Lovells on 1/7/2020

Congressional appropriations serve as a potent tool to guide administrative actions in commerce and trade Before departing in the final days of 2019, Congress passed a bipartisan spending package amounting to US$1.4...more

United States And China Reach "Phase One" Trade Agreement

King & Spalding on 12/16/2019

The United States and China reached “a Phase One trade deal that requires structural reforms and other changes to China’s economic and trade regime in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture,...more