tariffs

On Friday, the White House announced agreement between China and the U.S. for a tariff reduction on $30 billion worth of goods. Saturday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed the agreement. [...]

This is a guest post by Daniel Mercer. Tariff changes can alter import costs very quickly. That can affect margins and pricing decisions. It can also change sourcing plans and inventory levels. [...]

This is a guest news release submitted to Universal Cargo by James Ellerington of Fourteen Forty Communications. Note from the editor: We don’t ordinarily publish releases announcing [...]

Just a week ago, it looked like a tariff hike on Canadian goods was averted with a last minute trade deal between the U.S. and Canada. But, suddenly, the deal was called off. Now, we’re in [...]

After experiencing setbacks to his tariff agenda in court, President Trump was excited to announce last week that the Court of International Trade (CIT) upheld his striking down of the de minimis [...]

Introduction: The Post-Tariff Shipping Paradox Demand is supposed to be dropping this week, but freight rates are rising. What’s happening in the international shipping market right now? [...]

This seems like a here-we-go-again moment as 25 states jointly filed a lawsuit yesterday against President Trump’s newest tariffs. But could this actually be different? Similar lawsuits [...]

As expected, President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs arrived last week to replace his struck-down IEEPA ones. On Thursday, the Trump Administration announced the U.S. would impose tariffs [...]

Shipping surge, new tariffs on the way, 50% tariff on specific Canadian goods announced, subdued peak season predicted, and a new reciprocal trade deal with Jordan… Wow. That’s a lot [...]

A practical walk-through with a worked example — factory price, ocean freight, duties and fees, insurance, plus the line items first-time importers routinely miss (consolidation, compliance, the [...]

The Trump Administration decided not to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Andrew Moran reported on it in the Epoch Times, quoting the U.S. Trade Representative’s July 1st [...]

Shippers and President Trump’s political adversaries went hard, challenging his tariffs in court. And they were successful. Were being the keyword. First, the president’s [...]

Appeals Court Stays Ruling Against Trump’s 10% Tariff Last week, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled against the Trump Administration’s usage of Section 122 of the Trade Act of [...]

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled against the Trump Administration’s usage of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to implement a broad 10% tariff on imports to the U.S. President [...]

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 [...]

IEEPA Tariff Refunds in Process In its filing with the Court of International Trade this week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) declared importers made 47,315 CAPE submissions for tariff [...]

Now’s the time for shippers to get back the money they spent in IEEPA-related tariffs. All-Ways reported in an email blast that “more than $166 billion in tariff refunds are now [...]

While the Trump Administration was at its height of unleashing new tariffs and tariff hikes last year, the toy industry saw sales growth. The way the industry handled imports, tariffs, and their [...]

It’s estimated the government owes shippers somewhere between $166 billion and $182 billion in tariff refunds due to the Supreme Court ruling against the Trump Administration’s use of [...]

Steel, Aluminum, Copper Tariffs Tariff changes on steel, aluminum, and copper went into effect yesterday (April 6th). President Trump issued a proclamation late last week, modifying Section 232 [...]