Top Stories: Trump Appeals Tariff Case to SCOTUS
September 3, 2025—Top Stories: Trump Signals Imminent Supreme Court Appeal to Protect Tariffs President Trump signaled that he would ask the Supreme Court as soon as Wednesday to overturn a ruling that found many of his punishing tariffs to be illegal, claiming that an erosion in his power to wage a global trade war would […]
Top Stories: Indian Tariffs Take Effect, Fight Over EU Digitial Services Tax, etc.
August 27, 2025—Top Stories: Trump’s 50% Tariffs on India Take Effect President Donald Trump’s promised 50% tariffs on India took effect on Wednesday, as the U.S. risks blowing up a relationship considered crucial in its effort to counter the rise of China. Trump started the tariff rate at 25% but doubled it earlier this month as […]
Top Stories: UFLPA Enforcement Expands, Auto Tariff Relief Delayed, Steel/Aluminum Tariffs Widen
August 20, 2025—Top Stories: Trump Administration Fights for America’s Economic and National Security, Designating New Chinese Industry Sectors as High-Priority for Enforcement under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Recently, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bolstered America’s economic and national security by adding steel, copper, lithium, caustic soda, and red dates as […]
Top Stories: China Tariff Pause, USPPI Rule, Chip Deal, Lacey Act Shift
August 13, 2025—Top Stories: China, U.S. agree to Tariff Extension The United States and China agreed to pause tariff hikes on each other’s goods for an additional 90 days. Without the agreement, tariffs were set to immediately surge, risking a return to ultra-high levels that had formed an effective blockade on trade between the world’s two largest […]
Top Stories: Mitigation Strategies, U.S.–EU Tariff Pause, and India Update
August 6, 2025—Top Stories: Navigating Tariff Mitigation: What AAEI’s Importers Are Doing—and What’s Still Missing It’s no secret that tariff mitigation strategies are top of mind for U.S. businesses involved in importing and exporting. Shifting trade policies, rising duties, and ongoing compliance uncertainty have taken their toll on the trade community. In this high-stakes environment, […]
Top Stories: Global Tariffs and De Minimis Suspended
July 30, 2025—Top Stories: EU-US Agree on Trade Deal; Other Deals to Come? The Trump Administration announced a deal with the EU imposing tariffs of 15% on most goods entering the US from Europe and requiring the EU to make huge investments in US energy products, averting a trade war between the two of the […]
Top Stories: U.S. Escalates Trade Tensions with EU, Mexico, Russia
July 16, 2025—Top Stories: Forthcoming BIS “50% Rule” to Impact US Exporters AAEI and the the trade community are monitoring a significant development from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) that could profoundly impact U.S. exporters and their compliance obligations. Tim Mooney, Acting Director of Regulatory Policy at BIS, recently confirmed that BIS is […]
Top Stories: IEEPA Pause, New Tariff Levels, De Minimis Repeal
July 9, 2025—Top Stories: Tariff Letters Go Out and Trade Investigations Are Wrapping Up The White House has announced the issuance of a new Executive Order that pauses the IEEPA Reciprocal tariffs until August 1, 2025. The country specific tariffs originally announced on April 2, 2025, under Executive Order 14257 will not be applicable to any country […]
Top Stories: Trade Talks and Trade Deals
July 2, 2025—Top Stories: Tariff Updates President Trump is reportedly meeting with trade advisers this week to place reciprocal tariffs on countries he thinks are not on track to reach trade deals with the U.S. by next Tuesday, according to a White House Spokesperson. President Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam today, under which […]
Top Stories: Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
June 4, 2025–Top Stories White House Update President Trump signed a Proclamation this week that increases the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50%, taking effect today. In response to the Trump Administration’s recent tariff actions, AAEI’s Customs Committee launched a Tariff Working Group. The next meeting is on Tuesday, June 17th at 2:00 p.m. EST and will […]