Canada Announces U.S. Section 232 Retaliatory Tariff List – Effective July 1
On June 29, 2018, Canada released its retaliatory tariff list in response to the U.S. Section 232 tariffs on imports of certain steel and aluminum products from Canada at the rates of 25% and 10%,...
View ArticleU.S. and Other Countries to Raise Additional Tariffs this Week
This week will see the implementation of previously announced tariff increases from the U.S., China, and Mexico. Thursday, July 5 – Section 232 (Mexico) Mexico will implement the second round of its...
View ArticleHighlights from July 5th CBP Teleconference on Section 301 Requirements and...
On July 5, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hosted a teleconference to review Section 301 filings requirements, allow members of the trade community to seek clarifications and raise...
View ArticleUSTR Orders Review of Turkey’s GSP Eligibility and President proposes Section...
The USTR announced on August 3rd that it will review Turkey’s eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program that grants duty-free access to the U.S. market. GSP is a U.S. trade...
View ArticlePresident Raises Section 232 Tariff on Steel Imported from Turkey to 50%
On August 10, 2018, President Trump issued a new Proclamation Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States from Turkey. Steel articles covered by Section 232 from Turkey are now subject to an ad...
View ArticleLatest U.S. Trade Actions/Tariffs and Other Countries Retaliatory Measures –...
Last updated on September 13, 2019: Added a delay in the U.S. implementation of a 5% increase on Lists 1-3 tariffs from October 1 to October 15, 2019. U.S. Trade Actions Action Covered Products Rate...
View Article2018 Midterm Elections Update: Impact on U.S. Trade Policy
The 116th Congress begins on January 3, 2019. Based on projections from yesterday’s midterms, Democrats will control the House of Representatives by a narrow margin, while Republicans will expand their...
View ArticleU.S. Court of International Trade Holds Section 232 Duties on Aluminum and...
On March 25, 2019, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) in American Institute for International Steel, Inc., Sim-Tex, LP and Kurt Orban Partners, LLC v. United States, held that Section 232...
View ArticleSteel and Aluminum 232 Tariffs from CA and MX No Longer in Effect
Per CBP, “Effective for goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 20, 2019, the Section 232 duty on imports of...
View ArticleCanada and Mexico Eliminate Section 232 Steel/Aluminum Countermeasures as of...
Following the U.S. removal of Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum products from Canada and Mexico, both countries have officially lifted their retaliatory tariffs. Canadian Finance Minister Bill...
View ArticleTrump Reinstates Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on Brazil and Argentina in...
The Trump Administration’s trade policy took another unexpected turn following the President’s Monday morning tweets on December 2, 2019. President Trump announced his intention to re-impose steel and...
View ArticleCanada Proposes Retaliatory Tariff List in Response to Latest U.S. Tariffs on...
The Government of Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs of 10 percent on certain steel and aluminum imports from the United States, effective September 16, 2020. These countermeasures will only...
View ArticleEU Ambassador asks Biden to lift 232 aluminum tariffs and resolve EU-US...
On January 27, 2021, Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, urged the Biden administration to lift Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum and work to find a...
View ArticleSection 232 Proclamation on Aluminum from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Today (Feb. 3), President Biden’s Section 232 Proclamation on aluminum imports from the UAE goes into effect. Proclamation 10139 reverses President Trump’s last minute decision to remove tariffs on...
View ArticleU.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....
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