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Section 232 Tariffs
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Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
President Trump Expands Global Reciprocal Tariffs and Imposes Additional Tariffs on Brazil, Canada, and India
By Chase D. Kaniecki, Catherine Johnson, Ana Carolina Maloney
For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit What to Expect From a Second Trump Administration. The Trump administration issued a…
International Trade Insights
Week Twenty-Two in Trade
Updated CSMS Guidance on Steel and Derivatives One June 24, 2025 CBP published updated guidance via a CSMS Message on Section 232 tariffs, correcting the number for preexisting HTSUS subheading…
SmarTrade
Section 232 Aluminum and Steel Tariffs Increased to 50% Except for UK; Significant Changes Made to Calculating and “Stacking” of Tariffs
By David M. Schwartz, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Dan Ujczo, Kristina Shcheglazova*
President Donald Trump issued a Proclamation on June 3, 2025 increasing the previously imposed Section 232 tariffs on aluminum and steel products and their derivatives from 25% to 50%. These…
Construction Law Zone
Executive Order Update on Construction Materials
This post was authored by International team lawyer Kathleen Porter. Executive Order Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States On February 11, 2025, in an executive order titled Adjusting Imports…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
U.S. and China in tariff tit for tat; Canadian and Mexican tariffs delayed
By Michael Lowell, Justin Angotti, Prajakt Samant, Jonathan Ammons, Philippe Heeren, Simone Goligorsky, Kyri Evagora, Paul Skeet, Jill Wong, Katherine Yang
Update: On February 1, 2025, President Trump signed three executive orders imposing U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico. These new tariffs are in addition to any already-existing…
SmarTrade
BIS Updates Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exclusion Process by Removing 12 GAEs
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz
On May 17, 2024, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule revising the Section 232 tariff exclusion process for imported steel and aluminum products.…
International Trade Insights
U.S. and India Agree to terminate Six Outstanding Disputes at The World Trade Organization
By Nithya Nagarajan, Emily Mikes
On June 22, 2023, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States and India reached an agreement to terminate ongoing disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO).…
SmarTrade
Plaintiffs Seek Full Federal Circuit Rehearing of Decision Allowing Section 232 Tariffs on Steel Derivatives
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz
On April 24, 2023, plaintiffs in an ongoing challenge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc of their argument that…
SmarTrade
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Petition Challenging Section 232 Steel Tariffs
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz
On March 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by USP Holdings, Inc. and related parties challenging the Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs on steel imports. The steel…
SmarTrade
Federal Circuit Dismisses Broad Challenge to Section 232 Tariffs
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz
In a June 9, 2022 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit or CAFC) upheld the decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT)…