Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Commerce Department Set to Investigate Whether Imports of Vanadium Threaten to Impair National Security
On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published notice in the Federal Register of its initiation of an investigation to determine whether imports of…
Commerce Department Seeks Comments on Section 232 Exclusion Process for Steel and Aluminum
Comments Due by July 10, 2020 Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a Federal Register Notice seeking comments from interested parties to assist in its decisions on…
Commerce Launches 232 Investigations on Transformer Components and Mobile Cranes
Last week, the Department of Commerce (the “Department”) initiated two new Section 232 proceedings on mobile cranes and electrical transformer components. Section 232, a previously seldom used section of the Trade…
President Declines to Impose National Security Duties on Imports of Titanium Sponge
On February 27, 2020, President Trump announced that he would not impose duties on imports of titanium sponge pursuant to his authority under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, a statute that allows for…
UPDATE: Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Derivatives List Extremely Limited
Late last Friday evening, President Trump issued a proclamation imposing duties on imports of certain derivatives of steel and aluminum articles that have been found to threaten the national security. The proclamation…