U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) Upholds Section 232 Tariffs
Today, (Feb 4), a three-judge panel at the CIT issued a unanimous decision to uphold Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum based on national security concerns. The tariffs, which were imposed in...
View ArticleWorld Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Panel Delays Final Ruling on Section...
On February 8, 2021, a WTO dispute resolution panel notified parties that it would delay it’s ruling on the United States’ Section 232 tariffs until the second half of 2021. The tariffs, which were...
View ArticleEU Suspends Increase in Steel and Aluminum Retaliatory Tariffs in Favor of...
On May 17, 2021, European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis announced that the European Union will temporarily suspend the increase of its rebalancing measures related to the...
View ArticleU.S. – EU Aim to Resolve Excess Capacity Issues and Section 232 Tariffs by...
On June 15, 2021, the U.S. and EU announced a commitment to address steel and aluminum excess capacity issues including section 232 tariffs and retaliatory measures by the end of the year. This...
View ArticleUnited States Trade Representative (USTR) Announces Replacement of Section...
On October 31, 2021, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States would be replacing the existing 25% tariff on EU steel and 10% tariff on EU aluminum...
View ArticleU.S. and Japan Reach Tariff-Rate Quota (TRQ) Agreement to Replace Section 232...
On February 7, 2022, the United States and Japan issued a joint statement announcing a 232 tariff agreement allowing historically-based sustainable volumes of Japanese steel products to enter the U.S....
View ArticleSection 232 – Not All Quotas Are Created Equal
Since March 2018, when President Trump exercised his authority under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent import on aluminum,...
View ArticleCBP Issues Guidance Requiring Reporting of Smelt and Cast Country of Origin...
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released new guidance following the announcement of new 200% tariffs on Russian aluminum. CBP’s guidance outlines new reporting requirements for all imports of...
View ArticleGAO Report on Section 232 Exclusions Signals Increased Enforcement for Steel...
On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report titled, Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Agencies Should Ensure Section 232 Exclusion Requests are Needed and Duties are...
View ArticleNew Section 232 Exclusion Proposed Rules Will Force Additional Burden of...
On August 28, 2023, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) proposed new rules to streamline and strengthen the Section 232 Exclusions Process for Steel and Aluminum...
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