U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is launching a Section 301 investigation on how China implemented -- or failed to implement -- its commitments in the phase one trade agreement. It will examine if there was a burden on U.S. commerce from non-implementation "and what action, if any, should be taken in response."

Companies may need to decide soon whether to file protests as a means of hedging against how the Supreme Court might rule on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs, Flexport's Marcus Eeman said on an Oct. 22 webinar on recent U.S. tariff actions.

In an effort to drive sales, suppliers have been offering dodgy tariff mitigation strategies to importers, lawyers with Foley and Lardner warned during an Oct. 22 webinar. Suppliers, particularly in countries hard-hit by tariffs like China and India, are as desperate as importers to avoid the painfully high tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and may offer bad advice to importers to drive sales, lawyer John Turlais said.

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Former Canadian and Mexican trade negotiators speculated at a think tank event about the likelihood that tariffs on goods from their home countries could be removed or lowered soon.

CBP recently issued two rulings on duty-free classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 9817, including one that unsuccessfully lobbied for a reconsideration of a previous ruling.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says that Nicaragua's leaders are repressing labor rights and human rights, and dismantling the rule of law, and that these authoritarian actions are directly and indirectly harming U.S. commercial interests.

President Donald Trump told reporters that unless China stops fentanyl shipments, resumes buying U.S. soybeans and stops playing "the rare earth game with us," he won't lower tariffs.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- As CBP ramps up trade enforcement, companies must not only strive to have their supporting documents in order, they also must scrutinize CBP's enforcement actions to ensure the agency is interpreting matters correctly, trade attorneys said at last week's Western Cargo Conference (WESCCON).

Although cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles have remained relatively strong compared with that at smaller U.S. ports, it doesn’t mean that the port has avoided feeling any impact of the U.S. trade policies, the executive director for the port said at a monthly media briefing earlier this week.