trade enforcement

Jul 31 2025

Trump Executive Order Closes the De Minimis Loophole

The exemption, which will be disallowed in late August, has long been exploited by importers to avoid duties and customs inspections. The end is in sight for a much-abused trade exemption. On...
Jul 29 2025

Steelworkers to Congress: Rules around Export Credit and Development Finance Need Reform

Billions of federal dollars could reinforce China-backed companies along the supply chain, they warn. In 2024 the United States – through the Export-Import Bank and the U.S. International...
Jul 29 2025

House Judiciary Subcommittee, Examining Lawfare, Hears of Transshipment

And an executive from North Carolina’s Charlotte Pipe and Foundry points to potential legislative fixes. Last week, before a U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary subcommittee hearing, a...
Jul 08 2025

Washington Closes a Big Trade Loophole

It's not permanent, but it's not nothing: A long end to the de minimis exemption is signed into law as part of the budget reconciliation bill.
Jun 13 2025

Inside the House’s Budget Reconciliation Bill is a Rule Change That Would Close a Big Trade Loophole

But will this removal of the de minimis rule remain in the legislation?
Mar 21 2025

New House Legislation Would Expose Steel and Aluminum Industries to Overcapacity

There are some serious issues with the Congressional Trade Authority Act, and AAM is urging members to oppose it.
Jan 12 2024

Two U.S. Manufacturers Sue to End the Solar Tariff Moratorium

The freeze on (correctly applied) tariffs was put in place in 2022 after installers complained that trade enforcement was upending their planned projects.
Oct 05 2023

Senators Draw Attention to Persistent Levels of Unfair Apparel Imports

A bipartisan group in the upper chamber wants to see the Biden administration act on the problem.