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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New Section 232 Investigations Announced on Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, and Critical Minerals

Over the past few weeks, the Trump Administration has announced three new investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 into whether imports of pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and critical minerals and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Who is Stacking the Chips: U.S. Commerce Department Launches Section 232 Investigation into Semiconductor Imports

On April 16, 2025, the Department of Commerce announced that it initiated an investigation on April 1, 2025, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, into imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment...more

Polsinelli

New Section 232 Trade Investigations on Pharmaceutical and Semiconductor Imports Could Lead to Tariffs Mid-Year

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On April 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated, pursuant to President Trump’s directive, two new investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232), one on imports of pharmaceuticals and...more

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Commerce Seeks Comments on Section 232 Lumber Investigation

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The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued the notice of request for public comments on Section 232 investigation of lumber imports. This follows President Trump’s March 1, 2025 Executive Order 14223 instructing Commerce to...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Commerce Issues Required Certification; Section 232 Tariffs Now in Effect for All New Derivative Products

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As previously reported, on February 10, 2025, President Trump issued Proclamations 10895 and 10896, making significant changes to the existing measures imposed on imports of aluminum and steel on national security grounds...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Executive Orders on timber and lumber imports and expanding US timber production

Executive Orders on Timber and Lumber Imports and Expanding US Timber Production - On March 1, President Trump issued a pair of Executive Orders intended to address the impact of timber and lumber imports and to promote...more

Polsinelli

Another New Section 232 Investigation on Imports of Timber, Lumber and Derivative Products

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On March 1, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to initiate an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) to determine whether...more

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Trump Takes Aim at Timber and Lumber Imports in New Executive Order

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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

BakerHostetler

US Initiates an Investigation Under Section 232 of Trade Expansion Act on Effect of Copper Imports on National Security

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On Feb. 25, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the secretary of commerce to investigate the effects of copper imports on national security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Copper Under Fire: New Tariffs Spark Metal Mayhem

The White House proclamation directing Commerce to initiate a Section 232 investigation on copper imports is now live. As always, the stakes are high, and the outcome could leave industries feeling a bit short-circuited....more

ArentFox Schiff

Executive Order: Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper Products

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On February 25, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) requiring the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) to investigate the national security implications of the copper supply chain. The investigation will be based...more

Polsinelli

New Section 232 Investigation on Imports of Copper, Scrap Copper and Derivative Products

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On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to initiate an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) to determine...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

President Trump Restores Section 232 Tariffs

On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed proclamations to reinstate the full 25% tariff on steel imports and increase tariffs on aluminum imports to 25%. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 affords the...more

DLA Piper

Across-the-Board 25-Percent Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

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President Trump signs proclamations removing all exemptions, effective March 12, 2025 - Overview - President Donald Trump signed proclamations on February 10, 2025 to impose 25-percent tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum...more

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Trump Signals 25% Tariffs on Automobiles, Semiconductors, and Pharmaceuticals

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President Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago that he would likely announce tariffs on April 2 on imports of automobiles, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals, starting at 25 percent. He added that such tariffs would “go very...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Week Four in Trade – First 100 Days of the New Administration

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Earlier, we discussed President Trump’s proclamations on aluminum and steel imports, which raised the tariff rate to 25 percent on imports of aluminum and steel (and certain derivatives thereof) under Section 232 of the Trade...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

President Trump Modifies Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

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

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

Trump Administration Announces Sweeping Tariffs Under “Fair and Reciprocal Plan”

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

Warner Norcross + Judd

Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Are Set to Increase, Without Exemption

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During President Donald Trump’s first term in 2018, he instituted tariffs on steel and aluminum at rates of 8 and 10% pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232), with certain country-specific and...more

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Annexes to Steel and Aluminum Derivatives Published for Section 232 Tariffs

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On February 14, 2025, the White House released Annex I of the February 10, 2025 Proclamations expanding the Section 232 duties to cover certain additional derivative products of steel and aluminum. The additional derivative...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Trump Administration Issues Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum: U.S. Considerations

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Through a presidential proclamation, the Trump Administration on Feb. 10, 2025, announced the reinstatement of a 25 percent tariff on all steel imports and an increase in aluminum tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent. The...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

President Trump Imposes Additional Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

The breaking tariff news continues — this time with a focus on steel and aluminum imports. On Monday, February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order expanding his 2018 Section 232 national security tariffs...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Key Takeaways From President Trump’s February 2025 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Proclamations

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On February 10 and 11, 2025, President Trump issued two exceptionally aggressive proclamations that impose additional tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. Although there will be forthcoming Annexes that provide...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Adjusting Imports of Steel into The United States (Trump EO Tracker)

As of March 12, 2025, this order: Terminates the alternative arrangements under Section 232 for exempt countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU countries, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

President Trump Signs Proclamations Imposing 25 Percent Section 232 Duties on All Imported Steel and Aluminum and Revoking...

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On Monday, February 10, 2025, President Trump signed Proclamations imposing 25 percent on all imports of steel and increasing the duty rate from 10 to 25 percent for all imports of aluminum into the United States pursuant to...more

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