BAD DEAL Act duty cutover, EU lab rules, and Korea Section 301 pressure
Track the Section 338 duty cutover separately from each entry's recovery posture. Enactment would order refunds, but it would not by itself supply the CBP route for every entry state.
Four analyses from Friday and Saturday point to the same control rule: separate the operative legal event from the filing or evidence route that implements it.
Senator Moreno's letter adds political pressure to the Korea Section 301 situation but does not open a new trade case or impose a duty. Petitioners announced a withdrawal while USTR's page remains labeled Petition, leaving USTR's treatment of the January filing publicly unresolved. No public record reviewed shows an initiated Coupang investigation.
Read the full analysis: Korea Section 301 Has One Tariff, One Investigation, and an Unresolved Coupang File.
A Maine company active in both directions may owe U.S. duties on Canadian inputs and face Canadian counter-tariff exposure on export sales. Keep the customs records separate. Carry only supported cash effects into one company forecast, with the announced September 8 Canadian change held as a scenario until the operative order and accounting instructions are available.
Read the full analysis: Maine Canada Tariffs Require One Forecast and Two Customs Files.