Last Friday, February 20, 2026, a majority of the United States Supreme Court held that tariff regimes imposed by the Trump Administration in reliance on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unlawful because IEEPA does not authorize the …
The Trump Administration recently hosted high-level discussions with officials from certain European, Asian, and African countries focused on critical minerals cooperation. During these meetings at the U.S. Department of State, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced a “first-of-its-kind” …
In this fourth edition of the Canadian Trade Law Year in Review, the team at CLK Canada has reviewed a set of 29 key trade and procurement law decisions from 2025 that will be of interest to practitioners.
The review …
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security published on January 21 an interim final rule (IFR) revising the export controls that apply to certain civil unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Issued to further the objectives of Executive Order …
Two Presidential Proclamations released yesterday address the Trump Administration’s actions arising out of the recently concluded investigations of imported semiconductors, processed critical minerals, and their respective derivative products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Whereas targeted …
This morning, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the results of its investigation into semiconductors from the People’s Republic of China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. USTR found certain of China’s acts, policies, …
Canada recently announced new measures to protect the Canadian steel industry, with measures to take effect before the end of the year.
In this update, we discuss “surtaxes” on steel imports that have been imposed pursuant to section 53 of …
The United States has taken steps to implement the “reciprocal” tariff regime concessions described in the recent framework for a future agreement between the United States, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. The revised tariffs will take effect retroactively for products entered for …
The General Court of the European Union dismissed last week an action brought by Middle East Bank, Munich Branch, seeking annulment of two Commission decisions authorizing Clearstream Banking AG to comply with US Iran-related sanctions under the EU’s Blocking Statute …
Yesterday the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a Regulation under the REPowerEU framework to end EU imports of Russian natural gas, covering both liquefied natural gas and pipeline gas.
The provisional …