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: Supreme Court Questions Trump’s Use of IEEPA & AAEI Board Meets with CBP Commissioner
November 5, 2025—Top Stories: Supreme Court Questions Trump’s Use of IEEPA Both conservative and liberal justices on the U.S. Supreme Court expressed skepticism earlier today over President Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose global tariffs, according to a recent article from POLITICO. At issue is whether IEEPA grants the president authority to impose tariffs […]
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 […]
Top Stories: Tariffs at the Supreme Court, Farm Aid on the Table, AI and Trade’s Future
September 24, 2025—Top Stories: US Files Opening Brief at SCOTUS in IEEPA Tariff Cases On September 19, the U.S. filed its opening brief at the Supreme Court in the lead cases on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Solicitor General D. John Sauer said the reciprocal tariffs and tariffs […]
Top Stories: COAC Agenda, Japan Tariffs to Take Effect, and More
September 17, 2025—Top Stories: CBP Posts September COAC Meeting Agenda and Documents CBP posted the agenda and trade recommendations for the September 17 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. Join AAEI’s Trade Focus Committee Meeting on Thursday September 18 for an update from Dave Corn, COAC CO-Chair. Trade Compliance for Leadership: Navigating a Shifting Global Landscape […]
Top Stories: IEEPA Supreme Court Case Moves Forwards
September 10, 2025—Top Stories: Supreme Court Takes Up Cases on IEEPA Tariffs, Sets Argument for Early November The Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases, on an expedited basis, concerning the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Briefing will conclude by Oct. 30, and the consolidated cases will be heard […]