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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Top Stories: EU Trade Talks

May 28, 2025–Top Stories White House Update President Trump announced on Truth Social this week that the EU has “called quickly” to set up trade talks before the July 9th deadline. President Trump...

Top Stories: Solar Tariffs on the Horizon?

May 21, 2025 The Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles said this week that inventory at the Port is not expected to rebound fully, even when the tariffs on China are paused.  In response to...