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Yesterday, the Port of Los Angeles used its 2026 State of the Port address to outline a multi-year expansion strategy focused on future container capacity, terminal productivity, and landside operations. While Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka's address covered a broad range of civic, community, and environmental [...]

A new U.S.-Taiwan trade and investment agreement outlines a framework for how future Section 232 duties on Taiwanese semiconductors may be applied in connection with new U.S. manufacturing capacity. The Department of Commerce statement links investment commitments and construction-stage capacity milestones to preferential Section 232 treatment, including defined import thresholds [...]

Yesterday, the White House issued a proclamation directing the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative to begin negotiations with trading partners concerning imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products. The action follows a completed Section 232 investigation, which concluded that current import conditions [...]

The White House issued a Section 232 proclamation on January 14, 2026, that imposes targeted tariffs on certain advanced computing chips and establishes a new compliance framework for semiconductor imports. While the initial scope is narrowly defined, the action has immediate implications for classification, end-use documentation, landed cost exposure, and [...]

In a move that could ripple across global supply chains, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced decisive action in response to years of industrial policy by the People’s Republic of China aimed at securing dominance in the semiconductor sector. The formal notice, scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on December 29, [...]

The United States has modified tariffs to implement provisions of the U.S.–Switzerland–Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal Trade. In an unpublished document, the International Trade Administration and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is amended to grant provisional reciprocal tariff treatment while final [...]

The Department of Commerce has formally opened the January 2026 inclusions window under the Section 232 automobile parts framework established by Proclamation 10908 and the interim final rule that took effect in September 2025. The notice issued by the International Trade Administration confirms that the process is now operational for [...]