U.S. Trade Policy Actions

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice on September 1, 2026, soliciting public comments and announcing a public hearing to assist in preparing its annual report to

The U.S. International Trade Commission instituted Investigation No. 337-TA-1520 on September 1, 2026, based on a complaint filed by GG Technologies, Inc. d/b/a StayTouch alleging that imports of certain mobile devices w

The U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted a five-year sunset review (731-TA-282) to determine whether revoking the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from China would likely lead to continuation

The U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted five-year reviews of the countervailing duty order on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Vietnam and antidumping duty orders covering the same product from China,

The U.S. Department of Commerce concluded the expedited second sunset review of the CVD order on welded line pipe from Türkiye (case C-489-823), finding that revocation would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of

Commerce determined that revoking the antidumping duty order on certain steel grating from China (Case A-570-947) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The order remains in effect following this exp

The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated a less-than-fair-value investigation on perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA) imported from India, assigned case number A-533-954. This action triggers formal antidumping procedures i

The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated a countervailing duty investigation (case C-533-955) on perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA) imported from India, effective September 1, 2026. The investigation will examine whether

The U.S. Department of Commerce is automatically initiating five-year sunset reviews of antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspended investigations per the Tariff Act of 1930. The ITC is concurrently publishi

Commerce is soliciting requests for administrative reviews of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, findings, or suspended investigations with anniversary months in September 2026. Interested parties must file revi

The U.S. Department of Commerce published an advance notification of sunset reviews for existing antidumping and/or countervailing duty orders, findings, or suspended investigations. Affected parties should prepare for f

Commerce is initiating a country-wide circumvention inquiry on AD/CVD orders (A-570-168, C-570-169) covering certain alkyl phosphate esters from China, following a petition by ICL-IP America. The inquiry targets esters c

Commerce is initiating a country-wide circumvention inquiry to determine whether spray-foam systems assembled in Thailand using Chinese-origin components evade AD/CVD orders on certain alkyl phosphate esters from China.

Commerce has postponed the preliminary countervailing duty determination in case C-570-239 covering certain choline salts from the People's Republic of China. The postponement extends the timeline before provisional CVD

Following sunset reviews, Commerce and the ITC determined that revoking AD orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China, Mexico, Korea, and Türkiye - and the CVD order on China - would likely cause continu

Commerce determined that producers and exporters of circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand did not sell subject merchandise below normal value during the POR March 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025. This fi

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's amended remand redetermination on electricity surrogate value selection for the POR May 2022-April 2023 AD review of pure magnesium from China. Commerce is amend

Following a CIT final judgment in Cambridge Isotope Laboratories v. United States (No. 23-00080), Commerce is amending its scope ruling to exclude enriched ¹⁵N ammonium sulfate isotope from the antidumping and countervai

Commerce determined that Hyundai Steel and POSCO received countervailable subsidies on cold-rolled steel flat products exported from Korea during POR January 1-December 31, 2023. These final results under case C-580-882

President Trump announced a landmark oil agreement with Venezuela described as the largest oil deal in world history, securing a U.S. majority interest and aiming to stabilize hemispheric oil supply at lower cost. The de

President Trump announced agreements with nine additional pharmaceutical manufacturers to adopt Most-Favored-Nation pricing, ensuring U.S. drug prices are no higher than the lowest price paid by any other nation. The dea

A memorandum brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Doe v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam cites IEEPA (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706) as a central legal authority. The filing may bear on the scope

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a final affirmative determination that van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a final affirmative countervailing duty determination finding that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of van-type trailers and subassemblies the

On August 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade issued its final judgment in Universal Tube & Plastic Indus., Ltd. v. United States (No. 23-00113), sustaining Commerce's second remand results on the antidumping

Iran-related and Counter Terrorism Designations

The USITC has scheduled expedited five-year sunset reviews to determine whether revoking AD orders on steel nails from Malaysia, Oman, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and a CVD order on Vietnam, would likely cause cont

The Department of State amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to remove from the U.S. Munitions List certain civil aircraft modified to incorporate aircraft survivability equipment (ASE), and to exc

As of August 2026, the U.S. has imposed layered tariffs on Canadian goods under §301 (10%), §232 (steel/aluminum/autos/lumber), and-for the first time-Section 338 (50% on alcoholic beverages, dairy, and select goods), wh

The Congressional Research Service's updated CFIUS primer documents 347 filings reviewed in 2025 (140 declarations, 207 notices), two presidential prohibitions of PRC-linked acquisitions, and a reversal of the Biden-era