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CBP Publishes Brief June Report & Updates UFLPA Dashboard

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17 July 2025
Moving away from the lengthy monthly reports that they previously released, U.S. Customs and...

EU and Mexico Get Their Tariff Letters

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14 July 2025
Tariffs
As you have seen in the media, over the weekend, President Trump sent tariff letters to the EU and...

Commerce Department Begins Two New 232 Investigations

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14 July 2025
Tariffs, Commerce
This afternoon the Commerce Department announced that they are beginning new Section 232...

Canada Threatened with 35% Tariffs

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11 July 2025
Tariffs
Last night President Trump released a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Carney that threatens to...

Gottheimer Introduces Tariff Impact Act

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11 July 2025
Tariffs, Congress
Today Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would require the...

Key Democrats Ask FTC to Investigate Price-Gouging Based on Tariffs

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11 July 2025
Tariffs, Congress
A few weeks ago the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report about how companies are...

Trump Announces 50% Tariff on Brazil and New 301 Investigation

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09 July 2025
Tariffs
As we reported earlier today, President Trump continues to roll out tariff letters to U.S. trading...

USFIA Joins Letter to USTR on 301 Shipbuilding Investigation

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09 July 2025
USTR, China
This week USFIA joined 141 other trade associations in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative...

Trump Says August 1 Is Firm Deadline; Lutnick Says EU Talks Going Well

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09 July 2025
Tariffs
Tariffs are very much in the news, but there is not a lot of clarity about what happens next. In a...

August 1st Is the New Deadline for Reciprocal Tariffs

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08 July 2025
Tariffs
Yesterday President Trump confirmed that the new deadline for the reciprocal tariffs is August...

Korea Gets 25% Tariff

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07 July 2025
Tariffs
President Trump just released the first letter setting higher tariffs on U.S. trading partners.  Korea, which...

President Trump Says Tariff Letters Will Go Out Today

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07 July 2025
Tariffs
President Trump was active on Truth Social last night, with two posts about tariff policy.  While...

President Trump Announces Trade Deal with Vietnam

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02 July 2025
Tariffs
While there are no details available yet, earlier today President Trump posted on Truth Social...

Trump Says No Delay on July 9th IEEPA Tariff Deadline

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30 June 2025
Tariffs
In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News that aired yesterday, President Trump said that he saw...

Canada Rescinds DST on US as Trade Talks Resume

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30 June 2025
Tariffs, Canada
Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that it would rescind the Digital Services Tax (DST)...

Subramanyam Protests Tariffs with ‘Tariff Bear’

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30 June 2025
Tariffs, Congress
Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) took to the House floor last week to introduce Tariff...