Yesterday, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order announcing the implementation of the United States-Japan Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, which the White House announced will impose baseline tariffs on Japanese imports into the United States and otherwise alleviate market access …
A statement published by the U.S. Department of Justice last Friday emphasizes the renewed commitment of the interagency Trade Fraud Task Force to “holding parties accountable for their attempts to undermine honest American competitors” through U.S. trade law violations. Evolutions …
Late yesterday a majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc panel held that the Trump Administration’s “Reciprocal” and “Trafficking” tariff regimes are unlawful, affirming the conclusion of the U.S. Court of International Trade that …
The U.S. Geological Survey yesterday released a draft list of 54 critical mineral commodities, in connection with its triennial review cycle. Compared to the most recent list, published in 2022, the new proposal would add copper, lead, potash, rhenium, silicon, …
On Thursday, the United States and European Union published a joint statement, dubbed a “Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade.” This is a “first step” that provides further detail on the bilateral deal announced on July …
The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated an investigation into the national security implications of imported wind turbines and their parts and components pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Per a Federal Register notice published …
On August 6, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (E.O.) imposing a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on all imports from India in response to India’s continued imports of oil from the Russian Federation. Although E.O. 14245 of March …
Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control continued its “campaign of maximum economic pressure” on Iran by designating over 115 individuals, entities, and vessels linked to a shipping empire controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani. …
On July 31, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates,” acting under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). This EO builds on the “reciprocal” tariffs imposed in April of this …
Acting under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, President Trump this week issued a Presidential Proclamation imposing a 50 percent ad valorem tariff on the copper content of all imports of “semi-finished copper products” and “intensive copper …