President Trump's Oct. 23 proclamation under Section 338 pulls plywood, paper, machinery and refrigeration equipment off the 50% duty list and adds carpets, vinyl flooring, paints, valves and chest freezers, effective for entries on or after Oct. 30.
An Oct. 26 court filing expands the refund path for roughly $166 billion in struck-down IEEPA duties, while a certified importer class and a Nov. 23 government appeal deadline now decide who waits and who sues.
The Oct. 22 proclamation closes the 232 probe into turbine imports without new levies, directs Commerce and USTR to negotiate, and flags foreign-made inverters as a cybersecurity risk to the grid.
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.
A proposed rule would end post-arrival filing for informal entries, require a bond on each one and create a new electronic entry for international mail. Comments are due Dec. 7, and parts, samples and marketplace buys are all in scope.
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.
The maker of syringes, needles and infusion pumps will expand U.S. output and use American steel for needles in exchange for conditional Section 232 relief. Hospital and health system buyers should expect more deals like it.
After the Supreme Court struck down the emergency-power tariffs in February, refunds are now showing up in earnings. Levi's, Kimberly-Clark, McCormick and e.l.f. show the choices procurement should help shape: margin, price or supply chain.
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.
The Section 232 duty on patented drugs and their ingredients, first applied to large companies in July, now reaches every importer. Generics are still exempt, but rates vary sharply by country and company.
The Section 301 action that replaced the expired 10% global surcharge in July adds 10% or 12.5% to imports from most trading partners, with wide exemptions procurement teams should be using.
A one-year delay of the Section 232 wood products increases ends Dec. 31 unless more countries reach agreements. Procurement teams buying furniture, fixtures and cabinetry for 2027 projects should price the higher rates now.
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.
U.S. port fees on Chinese-built and Chinese-operated ships stay scheduled to resume even as Washington and Beijing extend their broader truce to Jan. 10, and over 200 shippers are urging USTR to extend the pause.
Each side will lower duties on roughly $30 billion of the other's goods, from household items and toys to U.S. farm products, coal and medical equipment. The cuts take effect only after domestic legal steps, and covered trade has already shrunk.
CBP's court filing sets the third phase of the CAPE refund portal, covering about $11.4B of struck-down IEEPA duties, after $122B in certified claims already moved to Treasury.
Under Executive Order 14411, inaccurate or third-party contact details on the importer identity form now cost you the right to clear customs until the number is reestablished.
The U.S. declined to extend the agreement on July 1, so the three countries now review it every year. The pact stays in force until 2036, but auto rules of origin, steel and aluminum are open for negotiation.
Five proclamations signed September 8 add import bans effective September 29 and widen the 50% tariff list effective September 15, with no relief for USMCA-origin goods.
