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New Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Section 301 Forced Labor Tariffs
The latest chapter in the ongoing legal battle over U.S. tariffs has begun. On July 24, 2026, two U.S. importers filed suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the Trump Administration’s recently imposed Section 301…
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New Section 301 Forced Labor Tariffs: What Importers and Customs Brokers Need to Know
On July 24, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued implementation guidance for the new Section 301 Forced Labor tariffs announced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) one day earlier. The…
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear China Section 301 Tariff Challenge, Bringing Long-Running Litigation to a Close
On June 15, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in HMTX Industries, LLC, et al. v. United States, the lead case challenging the legality of the Section 301 tariffs imposed on imports from China under Lists 3…
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U.S. Extends Section 301 Tariff Exclusions for Key Chinese Imports Following Trade Truce
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced a significant one-year extension of tariff exclusions for a broad range of Chinese industrial and medical imports, marking one of the first major implementation steps…
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U.S.–China Trade Rebalancing: Key Takeaways from the New Agreement
This week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a sweeping economic agreement following high-level talks in Seoul. The deal marks a new phase in the evolving U.S.–China trade relationship. It represents…
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U.S.–China Announce Tariff Suspensions and New Trade Understandings
China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that the latest round of U.S.–China economic and trade talks, held in Kuala Lumpur, resulted in several notable tariff and export-control suspensions that could temporarily ease tensions for…
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New Section 301 Fees on Chinese and Foreign-Built Vessels Take Effect October 14
The U.S. government has announced new vessel fees under the ongoing Section 301 action into China’s targeting of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance. Effective October 14, 2025, these fees apply to vessels…
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Renewed U.S.–China Trade Tensions: What To Expect from the Latest Tariff Escalations
The U.S.–China trade relationship may be entering a sharper phase of confrontation. In response to China’s recent tightening of export controls on rare earth materials and related technologies, the U.S. has jumped to threaten 100%…
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White House Clarifies China Tariff Changes
This weekend, delegates from the United States and China met in Geneva to discuss trade relations between the two countries. After reaching an agreement, the countries published a joint statement that foreshadowed future reductions of…
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RARE EARTH METAL TARIFF?: White House Orders Section 232 Investigation Into Critical Minerals
Earlier last week the Trump Administration set into motion a process that could see more tariffs placed on a host of goods. On April 15, 2025, by executive order (the “Executive Order”), President Trump ordered an investigation pursuant…
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Chinese Shipping Hit With Section 301 Sanctions
On April 17, 2025 the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced sanctions against the Chinese shipping and maritime industry, including logistics and shipbuilding. These actions come at the end of a year-long investigation…
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CHINA TARIFFS AT 104%: Rates Raised On Most Goods
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the White House signed off on a 50% increase to the Reciprocal Tariff on China, bringing the total of general tariffs on Chinese imports to 104%. This escalation comes as China retaliated against the 34%…
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Canada, Mexico, and China Tariff Updates: What You Need To Know
At 12:01 AM this morning, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, tariffs on Mexico and Canada came into effect in full force. Additionally, the tariffs on China were amended on Monday, March 3. Here’s what you need to know about the changes: Mexico…
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Incoming Tariffs: Retaliatory Tariffs on Digital Service Tax Countries Revived By Trump Administration
On February 21, 2025, President Trump signed a new executive order (“EO”) that could lead to more tariffs. The EO could revive previous actions taken under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which could see tariffs up to 25% placed…
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Section 301 Case Update: Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In HMTX Industries LLC v. United States
A brief update on the appeal of the Section 301 case currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC): On January 8, 2025, the CAFC held oral arguments in HMTX Industries LLC v. United States. Counsel for the…
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NEW CHINA TARIFFS EXPLAINED: WHAT TARIFF LAWYERS KNOW ABOUT THE FEBRUARY 1 EXECUTIVE ORDER
The situation regarding tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China continues to develop. On Saturday, February 1, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order imposing a tariff of 25% on all Chinese origin goods. The essential elements are…
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China Bans Rare Earth Metal Exports To United States: What Now?
New export bans as, on Tuesday, December 3 Chinese officials announced an escalation to trade restrictions between China and the United States. Specifically, China has placed a ban on all sales of gallium, germanium, antimony, tungsten…
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Section 301 Litigation Update – Oral argument scheduled for Jan. 8, 2025
Finally some news out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding the Section 301 appeal! The oral argument in the case, HMTX Industries LLC v. US, has been scheduled for January 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Although…
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Trump’s Tariff, Round 2? (Part 4)
Based on the examples discussed in previous blogs, we can now start to flesh out what tariff changes may look like under the incoming Trump Administration. TIMELINE GOING FORWARD First things first, the President-Elect will take office…
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Trump’s Tariff, Round 2? (Part 3)
Now let us rewind to see Trump’s tariffs in his first term and during the Biden Administration. RECENT TARIFF HISTORY While talk of tariffs is receiving a lot of media attention, it is important to temper your expectations. The best way…
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Trump’s Tariff, Round 2? (Part 2)
Now let us continue discussing Trump’s tariffs in his second term. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP’S PROMISES The President-Elect has not, as of yet, published a comprehensive timeline for trade related changes. Nonetheless, we can speculate as…
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Trump Tariff, Round 2?
Election season is over, meaning that big changes to United States trade policy could be right around the corner. While changing laws can be a source of anxiety for the trade community, our goal going forward is to explain these changes…
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USTR Announces New Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Products
In a move that underscores ongoing tensions between the United States and China, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced on May 14, 2024 its intention to add or increase tariffs on select Chinese-origin products.…
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USITC investigating economic impact of Section 232 and 301 tariffs
In addition to the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) mandatory administrative review of the effectiveness and impact of the Section 301 tariffs, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced last month that it is initiating…
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CIT Grants Preliminary Injunction in Section 301 Litigation
Great news out of the CIT! Earlier this week, on July 6, the Court of International Trade granted the Section 301 Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. The granting of the preliminary injunction suspending liquidation of…
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Section 301 CIT Litigation Update
Since September 2020, approximately 3,600 similar lawsuits challenging the Section 301 duties on imports from China have been filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”). Accordingly, in October 2020, the U.S. Department of…
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Opportunities to File 301 Refund Claims Still Open
In our September 15, 2020 Blog we encouraged the expeditious filing of List 3 Section 301 refund claims in order to accommodate the tightest possible statute of limitations (“SOL”) interpretation, i.e. two years after announcement of…
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New Section 301 Investigation: Vietnam, October 2020
On Friday October 2nd, 2020 the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it is initiating an investigation under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act addressing two issues with respect to Vietnam-U.S. trade. The USTR will…
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Court Challenge to Section 301 China Duties – Refunds May be Available
A coalition of importers has filed a Court challenge to the U.S. Trade Representative’s imposition of Section 301 tariffs on List 3 and List 4A imports from China. For more than two years, the U.S. has assessed additional tariffs on…
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Section 301 Update: Additional Exclusions on List 3 Products; Suspension on List 4B Products; and Reduction on List 4A Products
On December 12, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) released a list of an additional forty-four (44) HTS provisions and product descriptions that will be excluded from Section 301 tariffs. These exclusions relate to…
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Exclusion Process for Items on List 4A Announced
On October 23, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative announced that an exclusion process for the List 4A products will open on October 31, 2019. The deadline for submitting an exclusion request is January 31, 2020. The products on List 4A…
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USTR Announces Additional Exclusions to Section 301
On September 17, 2019 the USTR announced additional exclusions to Section 301, Tranches 1, 2, and 3. The current additional duty rate for products on these lists is 25% and it is scheduled to increase to 30% on October 15. However, any…
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Update on List 4 Trump Tariffs
On August 1, 2019, President Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. will impose a 10% tariff on roughly $300 billion worth of Chinese imports (List 4). The additional duties will go into effect beginning September 1, 2019. A…
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Exclusion Request for List 3 Products Available from June 30, 2019 to September 30, 2019
On June 20, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative announced that an exclusion process for List 3 products would open at noon EST, on June 30, 2019. The products on List 3 are currently subject to a 25% additional tariff. The deadline for…
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UPDATE- Section 301 (Tranche 3) Duties as of May 10, 2019
Yesterday, May 9, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) clarified that the Section 301 tariffs apply only to merchandise exported on or after May 10, 2019. Today, May 10, 2019, CBP provided updated guidance of the following…
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Most Recent Update on Section 301 List 3 Tariffs
Following up with yesterday’s blog on Section 301. Today the USTR published in the Federal Register the formal notice to increase the additional tariffs on List 3 products. The Notice reads: “Effective with respect to goods (i) entered…
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Update on Section 301 List 3 Tariffs
On May 5, 2019, President Trump tweeted that the U.S. would raise the Section 301 tariffs on List 3 products (i.e., $200 billion of goods) from 10 percent to 25 percent. The President also hinted that tariffs on a fourth list of…
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