Big Change in Mexico and Canada IEEPA Additional Duties On Thursday, President Trump issued two new executive orders dealing with the additional IEEPA additional duties.  Any products of Canada and Mexico that qualify for Duty-Free treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA) will not be subject to the IEEPA additional tariffs.  These orders with the exemptions that began …

President Trump Grants Exemptions for Some of Canada and Mexico Tariffs Today President Trump announced that he was issuing two executive orders granting a temporary exemption from additional tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada that qualify for entry under the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA). These exemptions will become effective at 12:01 AM on March 7. The orders …

Mexico and Canada Additional Tariffs Will Not Be Postponed at This Time On Sunday, President Trump told the press that the additional tariffs for Canada and Mexico that were postponed until March 4, 2025, will not be extended again and will go into effect at 12:01 AM on March 4, 2025.  He also stated that he will increase the additional …

Mexico and Canada Additional Duties Postponement Has Not Yet Been Extended The postponement of additional tariffs to be assessed against Canada and Mexico was postponed until March 4, 2025. Early in the week, President Trump had said that he was planning to extend the postponement of duty assessments, but yesterday he announced that the additional duties will be effective on …

ILA Members Have Ratified the Union Contract The contract agreed upon by the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) was ratified by the rank-and-file members of the ILA. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs President Trump decided that the current Section 232 tariffs on aluminum and steel were not accomplishing their goals. He issued two executive orders …

Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Will be Expanded and/or Increased on March 12 President Trump issued two executive orders on February 10, 2025, that will expand and increase Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.  In 2018 additional tariffs of 25% were placed on steel and 10% on aluminum from all countries.  Later the U.S. imposed quotas for steel …

Products of China Temporarily Regain Eligibility for De Minimis Duty-Free Treatment President Trump has issued an executive order that duty-free treatment under de minimis has been temporarily reinstated on shipments under $800.00 due to processing systems not being in place to properly process and collect the duty on the packages with Chinese goods.  This change is temporary and will end …

Trump Postpones Additional Duties on Canada President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau had a lengthy call today and have agreed on actions that have caused President Trump to postpone the additional duties for 30 days while the proposals discussed are put in place as per a tweet from Prime Minister Trudeau. Canada will increase the resources to stop the flow …

Trump is Postponing the Mexico Increased Duties After a phone call this morning with Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, U.S. President Trump announced on social media that due to cooperation with Mexico will pause the additional 25% tariffs on Mexico for one month. This pause will allow for negotiations between the United States and Mexico for resolutions. There is nothing published …

Trump Issues Executive Order on Additional Duties for Canada, Mexico, and China On Saturday, February 1, 2025, President Trump issued three executive orders establishing additional duties on products made in Canada, Mexico, and China. Canada will have all its products assessed 25% except on energy resources that will be detailed in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) that will be issued …

Trump will Impose Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday In a White House briefing today by White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced that on Saturday, February 1, 2025, President Trump will assess tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. Canada and Mexico will have 25% tariffs placed on certain products and China will have 10% assessed.  The anticipated effective …

Trump Issued America First Trade Memo On January 20 With all the speculation on when Trump will enact the new tariffs, we should first look at a memorandum that President Trump signed on his first day in office. His memo on America First Trade Policy was issued to several agencies and offices that gave instructions to investigate and review how …

ILA and USMX Reach Tentative Agreement – Strike Averted The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year Master Contract.  The agreement must now be ratified by the union rank and file.  Both sides agreed to operate under the current contract while the ILA can schedule a ratification …

January 9 Declared a Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order declaring Thursday, January 9, to be a day of mourning for the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. All Federal Agencies will be closed except for essential personnel as is followed for all federal holidays. Mexico Will Restrict Some Temporary Imports Under …

GSP Will Probably Not be Passed in the Lame Duck Session and Possible Government Shutdown We have been expressing our hopes that GSP would be passed and attached to the stopgap spending bill. There are now last-minute concerns over the costs of some programs that were included in the package that are being discussed to be pulled from the spending …

December 9, 2024 To Our Customers: It has been another challenging and eventful year.  It seems no two years are alike in managing supply chains and customs compliance. Carmichael experienced another year of growth and success.  We have added new customers while continuing to support many existing clients.  We are proud of the long relationship we have had with so …

CBP Issues Reminder of Obligations and Requirements in Completing Origin Documents U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a reminder regarding requirements and an importer’s obligation in completing certificates of origin documents for submission to CBP such as origin declarations, origin statements and certificates of origin. In CSMS #63096696, CBP clarifies that these documents must be a responsible official of …

USITC Finds That Aluminum Extrusions from 13 Countries Do Not Injure U.S. Markets In November of 2024 the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced a preliminary investigation for possible antidumping and countervailing duty to be assessed for aluminum extrusions from China, Columbia, Dominican Republic, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malayasia, Mexico, South Kores, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Based information …

Several Airlines Have Suspended Service to Middle East Airports With concerns over a possible wider conflict in the Middle East, many airlines have cancelled flights to the region. Some expect to resume flights in only a few days, others will not resume their flights until the first week of November. If you are planning a shipment to export to this …

ILA and USMX Reach Wage Agreement and Current Walk Out is Over Late Thursday, the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and the Unites States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a tentative agreement that led to an accord to extend the Master Agreement and allow continued negotiations to complete the new contract. USMX agreed to a 62% increase for ILA employees over the …