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Section 122 Tariffs: Status Update
Navigating Section 122 Tariff Litigation: Current Status and Essential Strategies to Preserve Refund Rights The landscape of international trade law continues to experience rapid shifts, and importers who paid duties under the temporary…
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New Section 338 Updates
U.S. Updates Trade Measures Regarding Canada: Section 338 Import Restrictions and Tariff Adjustments Trade discussions between the United States and Canada recently encountered hurdles as bilateral negotiations concluded without a…
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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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U.S. Department of Justice Announces Creation of Global Trade & Commerce Enforcement Section and Stricter Civil and Criminal Trade Law Enforcement
In less than one year of operation, the Trade Fraud Task Force (TFTF)- a joint initiative launched in August 2025 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)- has officially crossed the $1 billion…
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Section 122 Tariffs Update
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, which struck down the previous tariff regime imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the Administration responded…
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CIT Invalidates Section 122 Tariffs — What Importers Should Know Now
On May 7, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) issued a major ruling striking down the Administration’s 10% global import surcharge imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The decision represents another…
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IEEPA TARIFFS UNLAWFUL: Supreme Court Hands Decisive Victory To Importers
In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court has held that the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) are unlawful. With that ruling, the long-running uncertainty surrounding the…
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Federal Appeals Court Rules IEEPA Tariffs Unlawful, But Is A Refund Doubtful? Protective Legal Action Could Preserve Your Rights
Major developments in international trade law may be creating a narrowing window of opportunity for U.S. importers seeking to preserve their potential rights to IEEPA tariff refunds. Many companies, including Costco Wholesale…
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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 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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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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Reciprocal Tariffs Lose At Appeals Court, Battle Moves To Supreme Court
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a major ruling on the scope of presidential tariff authority. In a 7–4 decision, the court found that former President Trump exceeded his powers under the International…
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Peace Agreements and New Trade Corridor Could Reshape the South Caucasus and Central Asia’s Economic Future
On August 8, 2025 the White House announced a U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan that carries serious implications for international trade. Alongside the peace declaration, the parties signed bilateral economic…
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U.S. Court of International Trade Denies Relief For Chinese De Minimis Goods
On July 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) denied a motion for a preliminary injunction which sought to block the end of the de minimis exception for imports from China. The decision adds another layer of complexity…
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U.S. And E.U. Make A Deal: 15%Tarriffs On Most Goods
On July 27, 2025, the United States and European Union reached a trade agreement that imposes a 15% tariff on most EU goods entering the U.S. The agreement, finalized during a meeting at President Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in…
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U.S. Announces 30% Tariffs on Mexico and EU Imports Starting August 2025; Negotiations Ongoing
In a new escalation of U.S. trade policy, President Trump announced that beginning in August 2025, the United States will impose a 30% tariff on products imported from both Mexico and the European Union. The announcement came through…
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White House Extends Pause on Country-Specific Tariffs Until August 1—China Extended Until August 12
On July 7, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Extending the Modification of the Reciprocal Tariff Rates”, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has now released guidance on its implementation. This action…
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Potential Tariff on BRICS Countries, Allies
Overnight on July 6, 2025, President Trump issued a statement threatening additional tariffs on imports from countries that align themselves with the BRICS bloc. This statement comes just as BRICS countries have begun their annual…
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Vietnam Trade Deal Announced
On July 2, 2025, President Trump announced that the United States has entered into a new trade agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This agreement introduces significant reductions in the country-specific rate for…
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TARIFF PAUSE TO END: Reciprocal Tariffs Set To Return July 9
All eyes are on the United States and its trading partners as the deadline to make a deal approaches. The Reciprocal Tariffs, reduced to just 10% for most countries for 90 days, are set to return to full force unless trading partners…
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U.S. Department of Commerce Puts Tariffs on Household Appliances
On June 16, 2025 the Unite States Department of Commerce published a notice in the Federal Register applying Section 232 tariffs on steel to 8 common household appliances. A duty rate of up to 50% will now apply to the steel content of…
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BREAKING: Fentanyl, Reciprocal Tariffs Struck Down, Other Tariff On The Way?
On May 28, 2025 a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) issued a finaljudgement vacating and permanently enjoining the Fentanyl Tariffs, as well as the Reciprocal Tariffs. Thisorder has tremendous…
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EU Goods Threatened With 50% Tariff
At a time where many countries are mitigating the Reciprocal Tariff by negotiating with the United States, the EU may have its tariff rate raised by 50%. While there has been no official order from the White House, President Trump…
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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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TARIFFS REDUCED: U.S. and China strike a trade deal in Geneva.
Under a shady tree on Lake Geneva, delegates from the United States and China reached a trade deal that will see the relaxing of reciprocal tariffs on both sides. The deal was concluded this weekend during planned negotiations between…
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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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De Minimis Tariffs Raised
In response to tariff retaliation from China, the Trump Administration has increased the duty rates on Chinese goods that previously qualified for de minimis duty free treatment. Background Beginning on February 1, 2025, President Trump…
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TARIFF RELIEF: Country-Specific Tariffs Paused 90 Days For All Except China
The tariff situation globally continues to change rapidly. Just this afternoon, on April 9, 2025, President Trump announced a relaxing of his sweeping tariff plan. Background On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, President Trump signed an…
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Reciprocal tariffs explained by tariff lawyers
On Wednesday, April 2, 2025 President Trump signed an executive order (the “EO”) that stands to be the most consequential of his presidency; the EO imposes “reciprocal tariffs” that touch and concern just about every good imported into…
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TARIFF ON AUTOS, PARTS INCOMING: Helpful information you need to know
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (the “EO”) directing a 25% on automobiles and certain automobile parts. As of this writing, there are a few key details missing because the accompanying Federal…
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WINE AND SPIRITS TARIFF: European wine and spirits could see retaliation
Last week, President Trump announced plans to retaliate against incoming tariffs imposed by the European Union by levying a tariff on EU origin wine and spirits. Based on the available information, the retaliatory tariff could be as…
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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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Presidential Tariff Power via Executive Order, and Potential Constraints
The President of the United States wields considerable influence through executive orders and the authority to impose tariffs, tools that allow for rapid policy shifts without immediate congressional approval. In the one month since its…
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NEW STEEL AND ALUMINUM TARIFFS, RECIPROCAL TARIFFS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
A new round of executive orders (“EO”) are expected from the White House soon, which could see new tariffs across the board. This comes after last week saw the levying of tariffs against China, Mexico, and Canada, with the Canada and…
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CHINA RETALIATES: Tariff lawyers expect additional tariffs on China in the near future
On February 4, 2025, China unveiled a program of new tariffs and import controls on the United States, in response to tariffs placed by the US on China which came into effect that day. On February 1, 2025 President Trump signed three…
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NEW CANADA 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 10% on Canadian origin energy resources, and 25% on all…
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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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NEW MEXICO 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 Mexican origin goods. The essential elements are…
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Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on BRICS Over Plan to Replace U.S. Dollar as Global Reserve Currency
This weekend President-Elect Donald Trump threatened a 100% tariff on BRICS countries. This is in response to an initiative by the nine member international organization to replace the U.S. Dollar (USD) as the global reserve currency,…
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Jamieson Greer To Be Next USTR
This morning President-Elect Trump announced his long awaited pick for United States Trade Representative (“USTR”): Jamieson Greer. Mr. Greer is a familiar face, having served as the Chief of Staff to USTR Robert Lighthizer during the…
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Trump Tariffs On Day One: Can He Do That?
On November 25, 2024 President Elect Donald Trump promised an executive order on his first day in office which would impose a 25% tariff on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada. He also heralded an additional 10% tariff above all…
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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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Additional Tariffs on EU Products
On Thursday evening, October 17th, it was confirmed that the tariffs on $7.5 billion of European goods will take effect today, October 18th. On October 2, 2019 the USTR published a list of the E.U. products that will be subject to the…
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Delay on Certain Tariffs on Chinese Goods
Today, August 13, 2019, The United States Trade Representative announced that certain products such as cell phones, laptops, video games consoles, certain toys, some clothing and shoes are being removed from the forthcoming tariff list…
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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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More Duties and Tariffs
More Duties and Tariffs 1. New AD/CV Duties Possible on Ceramic Tile from China A petition was filed on April 11, 2019, alleging that ceramic tiles from China is being sold at less than fair value in the U.S. market and benefitting from…
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Trade Expansion Act Investigations
This is an old blog we lost during our transfer of site hosting. On April 20, 2017, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to conduct an investigation into the effects of steel imports on U.S. national security.…
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Reducing Your Duty Rate, an Easier Way
On May 20, 2016, Congress enacted the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act, a new law to restructure the process companies go through to obtain temporary duty reductions and suspensions. Previously, companies would have to…
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The Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015
The Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 was passed by the Senate on February 11th, 2016 in a 75-20 vote. Now that the bill has been passed by the House and the Senate, the final piece of the puzzle is for President Obama to…
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An Introduction to Business Succession Planning
Many of our clients are smaller, family-owned enterprises which have succession concerns. It is always important to be thinking ahead, whether it’s your overall strategic vision, marketing and sales, human resources, or any other facet…
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FTZ Subzones: Not a Remote Possibility Anymore
It is no secret that there are many benefits to taking advantage of Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs). Regardless of the size of an importer or exporter, using FTZs can significantly reduce costs from customs duties and taxes, and as a result…
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Families in the Philippines Need Your Help
On November 8, 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as “Yolanda”) made landfall in the Philippines. It is believed to be one of the most powerful and devastating storms ever recorded in the world. The aftermath of the storm is grim.…
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TRADE POLICY: OBAMA vs ROMNEY
International trade is vital to our economy, so much of the debate in the upcoming Presidential election has surrounded the candidates’ foreign trade policies. President Barack Obama (D) and his challenger, Governor Mitt Romney (R),…
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