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OVERVIEW - The Trump Administration has made it clear that it intends to increase the United States’s production of critical minerals, with a focus on copper, through its implementation of the “Unleashing American Energy”...more
On July 30, President Trump took two actions that represent a significant escalation in the administration’s evolving trade strategy: (1) a presidential proclamation (the proclamation) imposing a 50% ad valorem tariff on...more
Sectoral tariffs are emerging as a preferred tool for the White House that leaves targeted industries, and those reliant on their import supply, subject to appreciably higher customs duties on imported goods. A wide range of...more
On July 30, the White House issued three executive orders in another flurry of changes to the tariff landscape. As a result of the executive orders, certain copper products and products of Brazil will be subject to 50 percent...more
Key Takeaways - The U.S. Department of Commerce has launched national security investigations into imports of polysilicon and drones under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act....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
On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a Federal Register notice soliciting public comments on an investigation into the national security impacts of imported unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and...more
On July 16, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce launched new Section 232 investigations on imports of Chinese drones and polysilicon. Drones and polysilicon are both currently subject to additional tariffs of 55% and 80%,...more
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has launched two additional Section 232 investigations covering unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), their parts and components, and of polysilicon and its derivatives. President Trump is...more
On July 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 (i) imports of polysilicon and its derivatives, and...more
On July 9, President Trump told a group of reporters that a 50% tariff on all copper imports was imminent....more
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
Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum have been in effect since 2018, during the first Trump administration. Until recently, importers had been able to file exclusion requests at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau...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
What Are Section 232 Investigations? Section 232 investigations are a tool the U.S. government uses to determine the effect of certain imports on national security. These investigations are conducted under the Trade Expansion...more
One June 24, 2025 CBP published updated guidance via a CSMS Message on Section 232 tariffs, correcting the number for preexisting HTSUS subheading 9903.81.98. The change effects steel or iron derivative items imported from...more
In a notice dated June 12, 2025, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security announced that it is adding 11 new HTS subheadings to the list of derivative products subject to the 50% Section 232 steel tariffs...more
In a recent Federal Register notice the Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce announced that “On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the...more
The US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has established a new “Inclusions Process” for US companies to request that BIS add new derivative products to the steel and aluminum Section 232 tariffs....more
On Friday, President Trump announced at a rally at U.S. Steel’s facility in Pennsylvania that he will double the tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent. In a social media post following his speech, President...more
Duties on steel and aluminum have already had a significant impact on the construction industry. Participants in the construction industry have a very short window in which to weigh in on changes that could increase the...more
On May 22, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released a diverse list of 58 requests for new products to be added to the list of derivatives subject to the Section 232 tariffs on steel...more
On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated a new investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) on imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft...more
On May 9, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) released an advanced notice soliciting public comments on an investigation into the national security impacts of imported commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) has initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet...more