Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
President Trump Imposes New Section 232 Tariffs on Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products
On September 29, 2025, President Trump signed a Proclamation imposing tariffs on imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (“232 Wood tariffs”).…
Commerce Department Announces New Section 232 Investigation on Trucks and Truck Parts and Sets Deadline for Comments in Section 232 Investigation on Critical Minerals
On April 23,2025, the Commerce Department announced a new investigation initiated pursuant to Section 232 of the TradeExpansion Act of 1962. This is the fourth Section 232 investigationannounced in April 2025,…
New Section 232 Investigations Announced on Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, and Critical Minerals
Over the past few weeks, the Trump Administration has announced three new investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 into whether imports of pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and critical…
Tariff Update: List of Products Covered by the Autos Tariffs
On April 3, 2025, the Presidential Proclamation Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States, and its accompanying Annex I, were published in the Federal Register. The text of the…
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…