Feb 3rd, 2025
Trump Administration Imposes Tariffs on Goods from Canada, Mexico, China; Canada and Mexico Retaliate
On February 2, 2025, President Trump signed three Executive Orders imposing new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. Canada quickly retaliated by imposing tariffs on American goods. Mexico has announced that it will impose retaliatory measures, both in the form of tariffs and nontariff barriers. China has indicated…
Jan 23rd, 2025
Trade Update for Week of January 22, 2025
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE Slip Op. 25-06 Before the Court in Hyundai Steel Co. v. United States and Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. v. United States, (January 16, 2025) was the Department of Commerce’s redetermination in two countervailing duty cases involving South Korea’s greenhouse gas regulatory system, which the…
Jan 8th, 2025
Trade Update for Week of January 8, 2025
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE Slip Op. 25-01 Before the Court in Tube Forgings of Am., Inc. v. United States, Court No. 23-00231, Slip Op. 25-01 (January 2, 2025) was an issue of first impression regarding the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) addressing the question of…
Jan 6th, 2025
THE TARIFF “STRESS TEST” – TO COURT OR NOT TO COURT?
In recent years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has aggressively pursued the collection of Section 301 “retaliatory tariffs” on imports deemed to be “Products of China.” Imposed by the Trump Administration in 2018 and 2019 under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, these tariffs affect over $400…
Dec 3rd, 2024
TRUMP AND TARIFFS: WHAT HE CAN (AND CAN’T) DO, AND WHAT TO EXPECT
After professing on the campaign trail that “tariffs” are his favorite word, President-elect Donald Trump crystallized his intent last week by saying that on the first day of his administration, he would impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariffs on products…