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
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two Proclamations announcing the reinstatement of the 25% tariff on all steel imports and the reinstatement and increase of tariffs on aluminum imports to 25% pursuant to Section...more
On May 28, 2025, the United States’ Court of International Trade (CIT) struck down the President’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs. This includes tariffs imposed on Canada,...more
The Trump administration has intensified its America First Trade Policy initiatives by announcing three new investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 by the Department of Commerce. As foreshadowed in...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has initiated a Trade Expansion Act of 1962 Section 232 investigation to determine whether imports of pharmaceutical products and ingredients pose a national security risk to...more
On April 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 imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical...more
On March 26, President Trump issued Proclamation 10908, “Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States” (Proclamation), imposing a 25% additional tariff on imports of passenger vehicles, light...more
xAfter weeks of mixed signals from the Trump administration regarding tariffs, President Trump has imposed new tariffs on automobiles and reciprocal tariffs on nearly all imported goods. While the new announcements provide...more
On March 26, the Trump Administration announced a sweeping new trade action: a 25% tariff on imported automobiles and certain automobile parts from all countries, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962....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
On March 1, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) requiring the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) to investigate the national security implications in connection with imports of timber, lumber, and their...more
The White House issued two recent Executive Orders and Fact Sheets directing the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to initiate investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (each a “Section 232...more
National security is the focus of an Executive Order (EO) signed by President Donald J. Trump on February 25, 2025, entitled “Addressing The Threat To National Security From Imports of Copper.” As the EO asserts, copper is a...more
In March 2018, President Donald J. Trump invoked Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to impose duties on imports of steel (25 percent ad valorem) and aluminum (10 percent ad valorem)...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations - Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States and Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States - modifying the steel and aluminum tariffs that he...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed new Executive Orders imposing enhanced import duties on steel and aluminum products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The orders eliminate certain exemptions...more
In its first day, the Trump Administration issued a package of new executive orders and policy memoranda that impact many sectors of the economy. Included in the package is a release titled the America First Trade Policy, in...more
As President Trump begins his second term, the absence of tariffs among the more than 200 executive orders signed on his first day in office was a notable deviation from expectations. However, the President announced plans to...more
Key Points - - President-elect Trump’s tariff threats have created considerable uncertainty for importers and U.S. businesses relying on imports. - The incoming president could impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and...more
Over the past several months, softening demand and declining prices have wreaked havoc on domestic crude oil producers. Members of Congress and industry participants have pleaded with the Trump administration for relief,...more
On February 27, 2020, President Trump announced that he would not impose duties on imports of titanium sponge pursuant to his authority under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, a statute that allows for the...more
The Situation: The Trump administration announced new tariffs on imports of certain derivative, or "downstream," steel and aluminum articles with exemptions for certain countries. These tariffs are in addition to the existing...more
- President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 9980 on January 24, 2020, expanding the product scope of existing tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on certain articles of aluminum and...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
In just one opinion, the landscape surrounding national security tariffs has undergone a dramatic shift. In Transpacific Steel LLC v. United States, an otherwise narrow dispute regarding steel imports from Turkey subject to...more