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Trade & Tariffs
Tariff actions and the legal authority behind each one: Sections 232 and 301, IEEPA refunds, trade courts and deals.
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Upcoming deadlines
16 OCTCIT supplemental briefs due, No. 26-cv-3555
Forced-labor tariffs face their next test at the trade court
Supplemental briefs are due Oct. 16 in the challenge to the Section 301 tariffs that replaced the IEEPA duties. The judges' three questions show where the case could turn.
USMCA wasn’t renewed. The annual review clock now starts ticking
USTR has opened comments for the 2027 USMCA review, due Jan. 12. Meanwhile, Canada faces 50% Section 338 duties and import bans while Mexico keeps negotiating.
The IEEPA refund ledger: $126 billion out, the hard cases left
Eight months after the Supreme Court voided the IEEPA tariffs, CBP has sent most of the money to Treasury for payment. What remains is smaller, older and tied up in court.
Map of the tariff wall: every active US tariff and the law behind it
After the Supreme Court took IEEPA off the table, the administration rebuilt its tariffs on four older statutes. A new CRS fact sheet shows what stands where as of Sept. 30.
Solar wafers, kitchen cabinets, drone parts: the tariff hikes already dated
Three Section 232 actions signed months ago switch on between December and February. None needs another decision from Washington, and one already restricts imports today.
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