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On October 8, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) granted a broad class certification for importers subject to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariff regime, which the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) invalidated on February 20 (see Update of February 20, 2026).
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On September 27, 2026, the White House announced a reciprocal list of U.S. and Chinese imports recommended for reduced tariff treatment (“30-for-30”) as part of the first major outcome of the U.S.-China Board of Trade. The U.S.-China Board of Trade was first announced on June 2, 2026, to manage bilateral trade and to identify specific…
On September 15, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced in a declaration filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) that Phase 3 of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (“CAPE”), the system for administering refunds of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), will deploy on October…
On September 8, 2026, President Donald Trump issued three proclamations imposing bans on the importation from Canada of certain goods and two other proclamations separately modifying Section 338 tariffs on other Canadian goods imported into the United States. The actions were taken on the same date that Canada implemented its retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S.
On August 21, 2026, trade negotiations between the United States and Canada faltered and the parties, for now, have ceased further negotiations. As a result, the United States has implemented 50% tariffs on a broad range of Canadian products under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. First announced on July 20, 2026 (…
On July 23, 2026, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced in a Notice of Action its final action in the Section 301 investigation of 60 economies for “their failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.” Under Section 301 of the Tariff Act…
On July 20, 2026, President Donald Trump issued three Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 imposing 50% tariffs on imports of certain Canadian goods. The Proclamations, “Imposing Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Dairy,” “Imposing Additional Duties…
On July 17, 2026, U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) Senior Judge Richard Eaton, issued an order, which was made available today, directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to “reliquidate, without regard to IEEPA [the International Emergency Economic Powers Act] duties, any and all of Plaintiffs’ entries that have been liquidated for more…
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) on July 13, 2026, to launch a Section 201 global safeguard investigation into lamb meat imports after domestic sheep producers filed a petition last year with the USTR.
In his letter to the ITC, USTR Jamieson Greer called on the…
