DHS published its FASCSA exclusion and removal order in the Federal Register on Oct. 20, reaching any product built on a DeepSeek implementation and imposing inquiry and reporting duties on contractors at every tier.
An executive order signed Oct. 16 set secondary tariffs of up to 100% on buyers of Russian oil, then waived them the same night. Rubio says officials want up to 60 days to weigh a return.
Beijing has not said whether it will extend the one-year suspension of its October 2025 controls, heavy rare earth prices outside China are climbing again, and Pentagon magnet rules tighten on Jan. 1.
With four weeks to go and no Federal Register notice seeking comment, procurement teams sourcing covered Chinese-origin goods should plan for the 25% Section 301 duty to return on entries filed Nov. 10.
A Federal Register notice published Oct. 7 confirmed the July 2018 and August 2018 actions on Chinese imports did not lapse at their four-year anniversaries, and a statutory review of their scope is next.
