Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Oil and Autos: Another Round of Tariff Activity
President Trump issued two major tariff-related executive orders in the past 48 hours. The first, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), authorizes the Secretary of State to impose…
Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Products, Including Derivative Products, Come into Effect
Tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminum mill products from all sources, imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, went in effect at 12:01 this morning, March 12, in accordance President Trump’s…
U.S. Targets French Luxury and Beauty Imports in Response to Digital Tax – 25% Tariffs on $1.3 Billion in French Imports Proposed
On July 10, USTR published a notice of action in the Section 301 investigation of France’s digital services tax announcing the imposition of additional 25 percent duties on certain products from France covering an…
FCC Initiates Rulemaking to Deregulate End-User Charges and Simplify Customer Bills
The FCC has proposed new rules to eliminate several obscure telecommunications charges that were either mandated or authorized for price regulated local exchange carriers and then mirrored by many competitive…
FCC Plans to Mandate STIR/SHAKEN Anti-Spoofing Framework, Deregulate End-User Access Charges at March Meeting
The FCC plans to mandate that voice service providers adopt caller ID authentication technology to combat illegal “spoofing” and deregulate longstanding end-user access charges at its next meeting scheduled for March…