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Although the U.S. federal government is shut down, the tariff news continues. Before the shutdown, President Trump signed a Proclamation...

Last week saw a flurry of new activity around section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.  That is the statute that authorizes the...

This evening, President Trump announced on Truth Social a series of new tariffs that will be imposed on pharmaceuticals, heavy trucks,...

The Supreme Court has announced that it will hold oral argument on the morning of November 5, 2025, in the combined challenges to the...

On September 9, the Supreme Court decided to hear two of the cases challenging the legality of tariffs imposed under IEEPA, on an...

Intermediaries in global trade, such as freight forwarders and logistics providers, are linchpins of international commerce.  They face...

The future of the IEEPA-based fentanyl-related and reciprocal tariffs remains in limbo as the cases against these tariffs continue their...

The implementation of the reciprocal tariffs continues to have an impact on U.S. consumers. The "de minimis" exemption, which allows...

On August 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of State amended the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to classify certain large,...

On August 21, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department announced the initiation of a Section 232 investigation into imports of wind turbines...

The pressure of the country specific reciprocal tariffs continues to have an effect on the negotiations high-tariffed countries are...

On August 15, 2025, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added 407 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United...