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The Trump Administration is moving forward with a new 25% tariff on European Union (EU) automobiles. However, there are still some indications this tariff threat is to pressure the EU to follow [...]

U.S. Started Assisting Ships to Cross the Strait of Hormuz this Week While Star Wars nerds, like me, were saying “May the 4th be with you,” family and friends of crew members and [...]

Big news dropped: The Supreme Court announced a 6-3 ruling today that President Trump’s usage of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to pronounce sweeping tariffs [...]

Last week, while Universal Cargo’s blog was on a little break for the holidays, U.S. importers of furniture got good news. The 25% tariff on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and [...]

Last week, the U.S.–China trade war, which has seemed pretty tranquil of late, escalated. China Expands Export Controls on Rare Earths On Thursday (October 9th), Beijing announced new measures to [...]

Next month, large fees on Chinese-built ships calling on U.S. ports goes into effect. They’re not going to be as enormous as U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer initially [...]

Let’s take a break from tariffs for a moment and talk about the railroads that move not only domestically sourced goods across the country but also cargo to and from the ports for export or [...]

On Thursday (August 21st), President Trump had a conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The next day, the prime minister announced the removal of all reciprocal tariffs on [...]

The Trump Administration this week expanded the 50% steel and aluminum tariffs to include 407 additional product categories. These product categories were added to the list of [...]

Today, August 12th, was the deadline for the tariff pause between the U.S. and China. Without a new deal or extension, tariffs between the countries were set to soar back to embargo-like numbers: [...]

By executive order yesterday, President Trump increased the tariff on goods from India from 25% to 50%. The additional 25% tariff is related to India importing oil from Russia and is part of [...]

President Trump's latest round of tariff hikes go into effect this week, on August 7th. In this post, we round up all the new tariff rates on U.S. imports by country (ordered alphabetically). [...]

President Trump announced on Truth Social he'll extend the current tariff situation with Mexico for another 90 days after having a "very successful" call with Mexico's president, Claudia [...]

President Trump announced another trade deal getting done before the August 1st tariff hike deadline, this time with South Korea. The details he gave are here in Universal Cargo's blog.

Let's do a roundup of the trade deals the Trump Administration has achieved so far. We include bullet points for each trade deal and White House fact sheets where available in Universal Cargo's blog.

Sitting next to EU President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland, President Trump announced a "landmark trade deal" with the European Union. Check out the details in Universal Cargo's blog.