Section 232 tariffs on heavy- and medium-duty trucks and their parts and on buses will take effect Nov. 1, under a proclamation issued by President Donald Trump. Tariffs will be set at 25% for classes III through VIII trucks and their parts, and 10% on buses.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer faced some skepticism at a Republican lunch this week, but how much is unclear, since many Republicans were circumspect in describing the conversation. However much intra-party pushback there is toward the administration's tariff and trade policy, one senator told International Trade Today that it doesn't matter in the end.

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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, in a joint press conference with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said the administration has already drafted some documents to hike tariffs on Chinese goods, and is drafting other documents that might impose more export controls for goods sold to Chinese firms.

Two trade associations -- the National Fisheries Institute and the Restaurant Law Center -- and 10 seafood importers challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service's comparability findings of 240 fisheries across 46 nations (see 2509020014), which will lead to an import ban on all seafood products from these fisheries effective Jan. 1, 2026, at the Court of International Trade (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).

President Donald Trump, on his way to Israel, softened his message on tariffs on Chinese goods. When asked if imposing those tariffs was still the plan, he said, "Right now it is. Let's see what happens. November 1st is an eternity."

President Donald Trump reacted angrily to China's plan to expand export restrictions, including when rare earths are in products made abroad (see 2510090021. In a social media post that seemed to trigger a 2.7% drop in the S&P 500, he wrote, "Dependent on what China says about the hostile 'order' that they have just put out, I will be forced, as President of the United States of America, to financially counter their move. For every Element that they have been able to monopolize, we have two."

A week after CBP instructed vessel operators how to pay fees under a Section 301 shipping action, and four days before those fees are due, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative changed the fee structure.

The sunset review of USMCA was designed to provide certainty to businesses, since even if one country says it doesn't think the trade pact should continue at the six-year mark, consultations continue for 10 years.

There is a directive from President Donald Trump to quickly land deals in steel, aluminum and energy, according to Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who spoke to Canadian reporters in the late afternoon Oct. 7, after a White House visit accompanying Prime Minister Mark Carney.