Top Stories: AAEI Joins US Chamber in Support of USMCA, Costco Sues for Tariff Refunds

December 3, 2025—Top Stories: AAEI Joins US Chamber and Others in Support of USMCA AAEI joined more than 500 business and agriculture organizations and chambers of commerce from across the United States, in conveying their continuing support for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).  Costco Joins Companies Suing for Refunds if Trump’s Tariffs Fall Costco sued the Trump administration to […]

Top Stories: Worldwide Agriculture Tariff Carveouts, No EU Tariff Deal Expected

November 25, 2025—Top Stories: Could Changes to AG tariffs Open the Door for More Exclusions? After the Trump Administration eliminated duties on a slew of agricultural products that aren’t grown in the U.S., other industries are pushing for the same treatment.   According to one White House official, granted anonymity to discuss internal strategy, the administration’s […]

Top Stories: Is FTZ Right For You, Possible Ag Tariff Cut

November 12, 2025—Top Stories: Bessent and Trump: Agriculture Tariff Cuts Could be Coming Soon U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said the Trump administration will soon announce a broad package of agricultural tariff cuts.  “You’re going to see some substantial announcement over the next couple of days in terms of things we don’t grow […]

Top Stories: US-China Trade Deal Progress, Senate Votes Against Brazil Tariffs

October 29, 2025—Top Stories: US and China Say Trade Deal is Close A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting.  Despite the pathway to a deal, USTR announced […]

Top Stories: Aluminum Landscape, Auto Tariff Offsets, Australian Critical Minerals

October 22, 2025—Top Stories: Trump Administration Announces Tariff Offset for Autos President Donald Trump took action to reduce the burden his tariffs and trade agreements have put on domestic auto manufacturers. The move will extend a 3.75 percent U.S. production offset credit that automakers can apply against a 25 percent tariff on auto parts until 2030. It […]

Top Stories: China’s New Export Controls, USMCA, and USTR Announces Changes

October 15, 2025—Top Stories: China’s New Export Controls Spark Brief Trade Skirmish Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said the United States is in talks with China about how to de-escalate a trade war that reignited last week after Beijing announced plans to impose export controls on rare earth magnets used in a variety of […]

Top Stories: Trump-Carney Meeting, Truck Tariff Date, EU Steel Tariffs

October 8, 2025—Top Stories: Trump’s Meeting with Carney Provides Little Insight into USMCA Renewal Goals President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is open to renegotiating the North American trade pact he signed during his first term but also left open the possibility of abandoning the trilateral framework altogether. “We could renegotiate it, and that […]

Top Stories: Government Shutdown, Timber Tariffs, and Export Controls

October 1, 2025—Top Stories: White House Orders Government Shutdown White House budget director Russell Vought on Tuesday evening directed federal agencies to begin implementing their shutdown plans after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican plan to keep the government open beyond midnight. The leaders of executive branch departments and agencies “should now execute their plans for […]