President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force 1 on Feb. 9, said he will impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum from all countries. Most countries' aluminum is currently subject to 10% tariffs, with Canada and Mexico exempted from Section 232 steel and aluminum duties. He did not say when the tariff changes would take effect.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has delayed the effective date of a final rule that amended regulations related to organic mushrooms and organic pet food, according to a Federal Register notice.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has delayed the effective date of a final rule that amended regulations related to paper and paper-based packaging, according to a Federal Register notice.
Even as President Donald Trump talked about his intention to announce tariff changes next week, he expressed confidence that Japan might be spared, because of their promises to buy more American exports.
President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters during a Feb. 7 press conference with Japan's Prime Minister, said that he would probably announce, either Monday or Tuesday, Feb. 10 or Feb. 11, "reciprocal tariffs where a country pays so much or charges us so much and we do the same, so very reciprocal because I think that's the only fair way to do it, that way nobody's hurt. They charge us, we charge them."
The reversal of an order banning Chinese products from de minimis startled importers and members of the Senate Finance Committee, who were puzzling about how long it would be until the policy flipped again, and why the Commerce Department, which has never had involvement in de minimis before, has been put in charge of deciding when to implement the order.
Duty-free de minimis treatment is available for Chinese-origin goods again, but only until "notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue for all Chinese products," the White House said in an amendment to its Feb. 1 executive order on China tariffs.
The European Commission is considering exempting more than 80% of companies that otherwise would be subject to import tariffs under the bloc’s upcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said this week. Hoekstra said the EU has found that the law may disproportionately target companies that aren’t responsible for most carbon emissions.
A Wisconsin man filed a pro se lawsuit at the Court of International Trade challenging the president's ability to impose tariffs, arguing that any attempt by the president to levy import duties represents an improper delegation of power under the U.S. Constitution. The individual, Gary Barnes, said imposing tariffs "is not within the jurisdiction of the President's duties," noting that the power to levy tariffs rests solely with Congress (Gary L Barnes v. United States President Donald Trump, CIT # 25-00043).
The abrupt change in how CBP will process low-value goods made in China because of President Donald Trump's executive order banning the de minimis exemption for these goods (see 2502030034) is causing some upheaval among shippers unfamiliar with the other types of customs processing, importers, brokers and logistics providers told International Trade Today.