U.S. Trade Policy Actions

The Office of the United States Trade Representative published notice of in-quota quantity allocations for the FY 2027 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar, covering October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2

The U.S. International Trade Commission issued final affirmative or negative injury determinations in AD/CVD investigations covering standard steel welded wire mesh imported from Mexico (investigations 701-TA-653 and 731

The USITC has terminated the five-year (sunset) reviews of AD/CVD orders on walk-behind lawn mowers from China (AD and CVD) and Vietnam (AD), following Commerce's revocation of the underlying orders effective August 31,

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. All property and interests in propert

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing two Iran-related general licenses (GLs Y and Z) in the Federal Register. These GLs were previously available on OFAC's website and no

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published General License 2 (GL 2) under the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Regulations in the Federal Register. GL 2 was previously av

OFAC has removed from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List the names of persons whose property and interests had been blocked under Ethiopia sanctions authorities. This action eases financial and t

The Department of State issued a correcting amendment to its September 18, 2026 ITAR final rule, which clarified policies of denial, updated country policies for Ethiopia and Somalia, and added Saudi Arabia and Peru to t

The United States, Denmark, and Greenland have signed an agreement amending and supplementing their existing bilateral framework, with implications for economic access, resource development, and strategic cooperation in

A July 2025 U.S.-Japan 'strategic trade and investment agreement' set a 15% tariff cap on most Japanese imports, including autos, in exchange for Japanese investment pledges of $550 billion and commitments to purchase U.

The U.S. Court of International Trade granted Freestyle World Inc.'s motion for leave to file a reply brief on September 22, 2026. The procedural order accepts the proposed reply brief into the case record.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued final results in the 2024 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (C-475-841), finding countervailable subsidies recei

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative determination that certain fatty acids from Malaysia are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value (LTFV), covering the January 1-December 31, 2025 pe

Commerce preliminarily determines that certain fatty acids from Indonesia are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, with a partial affirmative critical circumstances finding, covering the POI January 1-December 31, 2

Commerce preliminarily finds that Interpro Pipe & Steel Inc. is the successor-in-interest to Evraz Inc. NA Canada under the AD order on large diameter welded pipe from Canada (A-122-863). Interested parties may submit co

Commerce preliminarily finds that steel wire garment hangers completed in Cambodia using wire or wire and paper accessories from China or Vietnam are circumventing AD orders on China (A-570-918) and AD/CVD orders on Viet

Commerce issued a correction to its amended final results of the 2023-2024 antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Oman, fixing an incorrect effective date for amended cash d

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a correction to its September 14, 2026 notice initiating less-than-fair-value (antidumping) investigations on certain linear hydraulic cylinders and parts thereof from Canada, China

Following a September 4, 2026 CIT judgment sustaining Commerce's remand results in Catfish Farmers of Am. v. United States (No. 24-00082), Commerce is amending the final results of the POR August 2021-July 2022 antidumpi

The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that imports of compacted graphite iron (CGI) brake drums from China constitute later-developed merchandise circumventing existing antidumping and countervailing duty o

USTR is holding a public hearing as part of a §301 investigation into Germany's pricing practices for innovative pharmaceutical products, alleging persistent underpayment. The action could lead to retaliatory trade measu

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination in the investigation of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane from the People's Republic of China. Provisional CVD measures wil

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued final affirmative antidumping duty determinations on freight rail couplers and parts from the Czech Republic (A-851-806) and India (A-533-940), and a final affirmative countervailin

A September 2026 CRS brief confirms the UFLPA's rebuttable presumption against Xinjiang-linked imports and Section 307 of the Tariff Act as the primary forced-labor import bars, while export restrictions under the Export

Schagrin Associates filed a brief in opposition to the motion for judgment on the administrative record on behalf of the U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association in the CIT case Centric Pipe LLC v. United States. The filing i

The U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association filed a 64-page opposition brief in CIT Case 25-00182 against Centric Pipe LLC and consolidated plaintiffs challenging an agency trade remedy determination. A reply is due by Octob

The U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association filed a confidential response brief opposing Centric Pipe LLC's motion for judgment on the administrative record in a CIT challenge, likely contesting an AD/CVD determination on oi

The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily finds that tin mill products from China are being sold in the US at less than fair value (LTFV) during the October 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026 period of investigation. Commerce

The Department of Commerce preliminarily finds that Nacional de Cobre, S.A. de C.V. made sales of seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Mexico at below normal value during the November 1, 2024 through October 31, 20

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued final results of the antidumping duty administrative review for heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea (case A-580-880), covering th