On June 3, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14411 (Strengthening Customs Enforcement). This Executive Order brought focus to possible weak points and loopholes in the US Customs framework and directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to review current...
Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) 8/25/2026 Update On August 25, 2026, CBP's Brandon Lord provided the Court with their periodic update regarding the status of CAPE over the past 3 weeks. It was reported that as of the afternoon on Friday...
On July 15, 2026, President Trump issued a Memorandum along with a Federal Register notice from the US Trade Representative setting an additional 25% import tariffs on most goods from Brazil, with some exceptions. This is the culmination of a year long Section 301...
On May 28, 2026, the US Trade Representative published a notice in the Federal Register implementing certain aspects of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the US and Taiwan earlier this year in February 2026. Per the Notice, the US states that Taiwan...
The Trump Administration officially filed their appeal in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on June 2, 2026 to contest the Court of International Trade’s (CIT) orders to refund duties collected under IEEAP. The Supreme Court found IEEPA unlawful on...
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an order today to temporarily stay both the CIT's decision on the basis for the Administration's use of Section 122 and the injunction on collecting Section 122 duties from 2 importers and the State of Washington....
The Court of International Trade published their opinion and order today regarding the Trump Administrations use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. In a 2-1 majority, the CIT found the underlying basis of a "balance-of-payment imbalance" was not properly used...
9903.82.01 Created The US Department of Commerce posted a notice in the Federal Register on April 29, 2026 making a technical correction to Proclamation 11021 of April 2, 2026, Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the...
STRENGTHENING ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADJUST IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM, STEEL, AND COPPER INTO THE UNITED STATES On April 2, 2026, President Trump issued a Proclamation further adjusting how the import of certain aluminum, steel and copper items are to be handled by the importing...
Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) 3/19/2026 Update On Thursday March 19, CBP provided an update to the CIT on their CAPE development progress. The function is currently being developed and further tested throughout the past week. According...
