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Section 232
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International Trade Insights
New Retaliatory Canadian Tariffs
Following President Trump's imposition of a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum products from various countries, including Canada, on March 12, the Canadian government announced its countermeasures. Effective today, March…
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Trump Administration Imposes Section 232 Steel and Aluminum 25% Tariffs March 12, 2025; EU and Canada Retaliate
By Scott E. Diamond**, Dan Ujczo, David M. Schwartz, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
As previously announced by President Donald Trump, the Section 232 steel and aluminum 25% ad valorem tariffs went into effect 12:01 a.m., March 12, 2025, against all steel and aluminum…
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Commerce Issues Required Certification; Section 232 Tariffs Now in Effect for All New Derivative Products
As previously reported, on February 10, 2025, President Trump issued Proclamations 10895 and 10896, making significant changes to the existing measures imposed on imports of aluminum and steel on national…
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Annexes to Steel and Aluminum Derivatives Published for Section 232 Tariffs
On February 14, 2025, the White House released Annex I of the February 10, 2025 Proclamations expanding the Section 232 duties to cover certain additional derivative products of steel and…
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White House Releases Annexes of Steel & Aluminum Derivative Items Subject to Section 232 25% Tariffs
By Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Kristina Shcheglazova*, Scott E. Diamond**
On February 14, 2025, the White House released annexes specifying steel (see page 24) and aluminum (see page 19) derivative items that will be subject to the 25% tariffs under…
International Trade Law
Goods Subject to Tariffs May Lose 321 De Minimis Treatment in Proposed Rulemaking
By John Brew, Maria Vanikiotis, Ivy Xun
On January 21, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make goods subject to tariffs under Sections 232, 201, and 301 ineligible…
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CBP to Deactivate Certain Section 232 Exclusions Upon Reaching 95% of Allocated Quantity
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz
On January 5, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued guidance via its Cargo Systems Messaging Service announcing new thresholds for deactivating Section 232 steel and aluminum product exclusions…
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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Section 232 Steel Appeal
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz
On October 30, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear another Section 232 national security steel tariff appeal. On July 21, 2023, PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. filed Petition for…
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BIS Proposes Changes to the Section 232 Imported Steel and Aluminum Product Exclusion Process
By David M. Schwartz, Scott E. Diamond**, Kristina Shcheglazova*
On August 28, 2023, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a proposed rule to revise the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff exclusion process. The proposed rule responds…
International Trade Law
GAO Report on Section 232 Exclusions Signals Increased Enforcement for Steel and Aluminum Importers
By John Brew
On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report titled, Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Agencies Should Ensure Section 232 Exclusion Requests are Needed and Duties are…