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Reciprocal Tariffs Update - Q3 Exceptions, Trade Deal Frameworks, and Increased Enforcement Risk

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The White House modified its reciprocal tariff policy effective this week in ways that may benefit some domestic US importers. ...more

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Presidential Executive Order Modifying Reciprocal Tariffs and Tariff Exceptions – Effective September 8, 2025

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On Friday September 5, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that amended the list of products that are currently exempt from IEEPA Reciprocal tariffs and also significantly modified the processes and...more

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Changes to Reciprocal Tariffs and New Framework for Tariff Relief Under Trade Agreements

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On September 5, President Trump signed an executive order introducing new exemptions (and removing other exemptions) to reciprocal tariffs, while also setting out a new framework that aims to promote the conclusion of more...more

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Client Alert: The Trade Games Are Over – The Rise of a New Federal Trade Fraud Task Force

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Earlier this year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) identified trade fraud as a critical enforcement area, announcing a major restructuring effort in preparation for a new wave of trade-related investigations and prosecutions....more

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Trump Finalizes Japan Trade Deal With 15% Tariffs

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On September 4, 2025, President Trump, using his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), issued an executive order (“EO”) titled, Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement, to implement...more

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New DOJ-DHS Trade Fraud Task Force Signals Increased Tariff and False Claims Act Enforcement

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On August 29, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the new Trade Fraud Task Force focused on robust enforcement of import laws and regulations. A partnership between the DOJ Civil and Criminal Divisions and the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Federal Appeals Court Rules Set of Trump Tariffs Unlawful: What Importers Need to Know

On Friday evening, August 29, 2025, as Americans settled into the beginning of a long holiday weekend, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released its highly anticipated opinion in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v....more

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Drawback Claims Are Increasingly a Boon for Cigarette Importers

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Importers of smoking tobacco products, particularly cigarettes, are increasingly saving millions in federal excise taxes by employing a refund mechanism known as the “drawback.”...more

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Updates for the Week of August 25, 2025 Related To Tariffs

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On August 27, Canada announced that, effective September 1, 2025, U.S. goods certified as CUSMA (USMCA) qualifying will be exempt from the country’s 25% retaliatory tariffs. This decision follows a similar exemption...more

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A New Era of Trade Enforcement: DOJ Expands Criminal and Civil Focus on Tariff Fraud

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The shifting tariff landscape in 2025 has incentivized businesses to reexamine their import practices and identify any available options to reduce their tariff exposure and liability....more

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CBP Issues Guidance on the Additional 25% Tariffs for Imports from India

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On August 26, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued guidance via CSMS #66027027 regarding the implementation of additional tariffs on certain imports from India, effective August 27, 2025. Under these new...more

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Section 232 Tariff Developments: Hundreds of Steel and Aluminum Derivatives Added and Pharmaceutical and Semiconductor Tariffs Are...

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The Department of Commerce significantly expanded Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum by adding 407 additional Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes to its derivative list. The newly covered products include consumer...more

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US Commerce Adds 428 HTS Codes to Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff List

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Following weeks of anticipation, the US Department of Commerce has issued its formal determination expanding the list of steel and aluminum products subject to the 50% ad valorem duties imposed under Section 232....more

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US-Japan Trade Agreement Introduces New Tariffs and Investment Commitments

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On July 22, President Trump announced that the United States and Japan had reached a bilateral trade agreement, which if fully implemented, would reduce tariffs on Japanese imports to a baseline 15% rate in exchange for a...more

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US Extends China Tariff Truce by 90 Days

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On August 11, President Trump issued an executive order, "Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Ongoing Discussions With the People's Republic of China" (Order), extending the suspension of heightened tariffs...more

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Hot Topics in International Trade - Wood Chucks Chuck Canadian Lumber tariffs

The U.S. has put 35% tariffs on Canadian products entering the US market, including Canadian lumber. It does beg the question, how much wood could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood....more

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China IEEPA Reciprocal Tariff Increases Paused Until November

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On August 11, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an executive order extending the 10% IEEPA reciprocal tariffs on goods from China for an additional 90 days until November 10, 2025. The higher country specific tariffs...more

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Petition Summary: High Dissolving Pulp from Brazil and Norway

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On August 11, 2025, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. (“RYAM”) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO (“USW”) (collectively...more

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Tariffs Day is Here … For Now

As of midnight, a sweeping set of new tariffs is in effect. Many are country-specific or based on foreign policies targeting specific products from specific countries. Some of the tariffs going into effect are based on...more

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Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why do pricing and tax provisions matter?

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President Trump’s shakeup of U.S. trade policy with its approach to tariffs is costing companies billions of dollars. In fact, in June of this year, importers paid the U.S. government customs duties (of which tariffs are a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Companies Should Update Supply Chain Compliance Arrangements to Account for Increased Tariffs – Six Key Points

The U.S. government is scheduled to begin collecting considerably higher tariffs on most imports on August 7. Companies need to adapt their compliance arrangements to a new, high-tariff environment. An appendix to this alert...more

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President Trump Orders 50 percent Section 232 Tariff on Copper Imports

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On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation1 that imposed a 50 percent tariff on the copper input value of imports of semi-finished copper and intensive copper derivative products effective August 1,...more

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Tariff and Trade Q&A: Adam Dambrov

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With over 30 years of experience helping importers maximize savings and increase compliance, how have recent shifts in U.S. trade policy impacted companies’ duty mitigation strategies? Over the course of my career, the...more

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United States to Suspend Customs De Minimis Entry for Most Shipments on August 29, 2025

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On July 30, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries,” which eliminates de minimis entry (i.e., duty-free entry into the United States of shipments...more

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10 Key Facts About the DOJ’s Crackdown on Tariff Evasion

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are cracking down on tariff evasion. The DOJ has expressly stated that exposing and prosecuting tariff evasion schemes is among its top...more

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