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Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news: 

Administration 

• President Trump threatened, via Truth Social, that he is increasing South Korean tariffs from 15% to 25% because that country’s legislature has not approved the trade deal that was announced over the summer. 
• President Trump threatened Canada with 100% tariffs if Canada “makes a deal with China.”  

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

• According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), CBP did not fully follow through on addressing security incidents involving some participants in the agency’s Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program. 
• CBP published a quick reference guide on submitting withhold release order and finding modification requests to the new forced labor portal. 
• Upcoming CBP webinar: New World Screwworm (NWS) Impact to U.S. – February 3, 1:00 PM EST. Register here. 

Court of International Trade 

• Importer Express Fasteners filed a lawsuit challenging the application of informal CBP guidance on Section 232 steel and aluminum content valuation, claiming CBP failed to follow required “notice and comment” rulemaking procedures.  
• The CIT ruled

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news: 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

• CBP issued a withhold release order against imports manufactured in Mauritius by Firemount Group. Effective November 18, CBP will immediately detain all garments, apparel, and textiles coming from Firemount factories in Mauritius. 
• CBP is accepting applications through December 19 for members of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC).  
• CBP completed a training with True Pedigree, a software provider specializing in detecting counterfeits and gray market diversions. True Pedigree’s AGMA One Device aims to help CBP officers with authenticating products entering the U.S. The tool could be rolled out at U.S. ports early next year. 
• Management of CBP’s drawback program, as well as its drawback specialists, has been moved to the Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Mineral Center of Excellence and Expertise in Houston.  
• CBP is urging customs brokers who filed entries after tariff exemptions on agricultural products retroactively took effect to file corrections as soon as possible.  
• CBP published a Federal Register notice amending its regulations for the Air Cargo Advanced Screening program (ACAS). The new regulations require additional data […]
  

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news:

Congress

• After 43 days of halted operations, the United States federal government reopened on November 12, 2025. The funding bill, approved by the Senate on November 10 and by the House later that day. The bill funds most government operations through January 30, 2026.
• U.S. House Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, wrote a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick asking a series of pointed questions about the Administration’s decision to resume chip exports from Nexperia’s China factory.
• All members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The letter urges the agency to delay implementation of the new U.S.-EU trade deal until the EU revises its deforestation reporting requirements, claiming the requirements would harm American timber exports.

Administration 

• President Trump announced trade deals with El Salvador, Argentina, Ecuador, and Guatemala. As part of the deal, the U.S. is eliminating 15% tariffs on Ecuadoran bananas and cocoa, and 10% tariffs on Guatemalan coffee and Argentinian beef.
• In an interview with Fox News, President Trump said that there will be upcoming “surgical” reductions to reciprocal tariffs. When […]
  

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news: 

Administration  

• President Trump issued an executive order on cutting fentanyl tariffs on China to 10%, effective Nov. 10.  
• President Trump issued an executive order extending the suspension of the 34% reciprocal tariff rate on China until Nov. 10, 2026. 

Industry News  

• The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump – the case that challenges whether the President has the authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA.  
• Diaz Trade Law filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, challenging the legal authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. The case was filed in the CIT on behalf of several importers. 
• A class action lawsuit was filed against the Trump Administration, challenging the legal authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. The case was brought on behalf of small businesses that import from China and the EU and potentially includes thousands of class members.  

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)  

• CBP issued a Harmonized System Update that covers updates for the Section 232 duties on medium and heavy-duty vehicles.  
• CBP officers […]