Proactive Strategies to Mitigate Rising Tariffs in 2025

As we enter 2025, the incoming administration has signaled its intent to reassess trade policies, potentially resulting in broad tariff increases. Importers across all industries may feel the impact, with higher costs affecting supply chains and overall profitability. Now is the time to take proactive steps to prepare and mitigate these [...]

By |2025-02-05T22:12:28+00:00January 13, 2025|Imports, Tariffs|0 Comments

2025 U.S. Trade Policy: How Logistics Providers Can Overcome Tariffs and Compliance Challenges

The logistics industry faces significant changes as the U.S. transitions to a new administration in January 2025. Proposed trade policies, including significant tariffs and stricter customs regulations, are poised to disrupt global supply chains. Logistics service providers (LSPs)—freight forwarders, customs brokers, and 3PLs—must adapt quickly to meet these new challenges and [...]

By |2025-02-05T21:33:27+00:00December 23, 2024|Tariffs, Trade|0 Comments

Section 301 China Import Tariffs – Have your say starting Nov. 15

Starting Nov. 15 you’ll have your chance to give feedback on the effectiveness of the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports that were introduced by the U.S. government in 2017. The Section 301 tariffs were introduced after the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) concluded that the amount [...]

By |2024-02-05T18:41:28+00:00February 5, 2024|Imports, Tariffs|0 Comments

Report urges Congress to expand the Tariff Act to help stop China’s unfair trade practices

A new report recommends that Section 337 of the 1930 Tariff Act should be expanded to better address what many feel are China’s unfair trade practices when it comes to competition with domestic U.S. products. The report argues that the hefty tariffs introduced on Chinese imports under Section 301 are [...]

By |2024-02-05T17:49:34+00:00February 5, 2024|Imports, Legislation, Tariffs|0 Comments

2022 year-end review of import/export and trade compliance developments

What were the major trends in export controls, trade sanctions, customs compliance, and import requirements in the U.S. and around the world? Check out the series of videos posted by global law firm Baker McKenzie. The videos were recorded across three days and feature the firm’s top international trade compliance [...]

Duty free import eligibility determined for sugar products from FTA partners

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has determined the 2023 trade surpluses for sugar, syrup goods, and sugar-containing products from its Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) partner countries. The level of a country’s trade surplus in these goods in 2021 helped determine whether the USTR granted duty-free status or preferential [...]

By |2024-02-05T16:48:15+00:00January 31, 2024|Imports, Tariffs|0 Comments

CBP updates Section 232 guidelines for aluminum and steel importers

Importers of steel and aluminum products are no longer required to provide certain information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) by email in order to activate approved Section 323 exclusions in Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). According to a message issued on Feb. 7, the CBP stated that it is [...]

By |2024-01-31T19:21:25+00:00January 31, 2024|Imports, Tariffs|0 Comments

President Biden imposes 200% aluminum tariff on Russia

In response to what he called Russia’s “unjustified” war against Ukraine, and the negative effects the war is having on global energy prices and the United States aluminum industry, President Joe Biden has imposed a 200% tariff on Russian aluminum products. According to a statement released by the White House, [...]

By |2024-02-05T16:51:35+00:00January 31, 2024|Imports, Tariffs|0 Comments

US importers bore nearly the full cost of Section 232 and 301 tariffs: Report

From 2018 to 2021, US importers bore nearly the full cost of the Section 232 tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel products, and the Section 301 tariffs on thousands of products imported  from China, according to a new report released by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). The report, [...]

By |2024-02-05T16:54:48+00:00January 31, 2024|Imports, Tariffs|0 Comments

Trigger levels updated for additional duties on agricultural goods

The Department of Agriculture has updated the quantity-based trigger levels for products that may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. The WTO Agreement on Agriculture provides that additional import duties may be imposed on imports of products [...]

By |2024-01-31T01:10:00+00:00January 30, 2024|Imports, Tariffs|0 Comments