September 13, 2026
CBP Releases Canada Section 338 Filing Map
The September 15 product-scope changes now have entry instructions, a complete tariff list and a narrower route to the 0% exception.
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September 11, 2026
Iran Licensing Shifts to Presumed Denial
OFAC narrows the route to Iran-specific licenses, adds cross-border proxy networks and delivers a personal-liability warning.
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September 10, 2026
OFAC Expands Sanctions Screening Risk
Xinbi Guarantee and two technology providers are blocked, while four trade-remedy reviews remain preliminary.
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September 9, 2026
Canada Trade Rules Shift
New U.S. import bans start September 29, while revised 50% Section 338 tariff lists take effect September 15.
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September 8, 2026
Canada Counter-Tariffs Take Effect
CBSA released the filing rules behind Canada’s 15%, 25% and 50% U.S.-origin surtaxes. Separate U.S. actions today tighten Iran aviation sanctions, revoke lawn-mower trade orders and advance two case-specific trade remedies.
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September 8, 2026
Trump Threatens Bombardier Sales, but No U.S. Import Ban Exists Yet
The president demanded U.S. manufacturing as a condition for access to the American market. Importers should treat the statement as a policy signal—not a customs instruction.
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September 7, 2026
Beef-Origin Review Opens as USITC Seeks a Section 338 Framework
Two September 4 White House orders launch a review of mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef and expand domestic livestock-market work. Separately, the USITC opened a Section 338 implementation docket, while CBP revised two Entry Type 13 cargo-release error codes for an expected September 22 ACE deployment…
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September 4, 2026
India Shrimp Deposit Rates Reset; OFAC Adds New Payment Restrictions
New antidumping cash-deposit requirements take effect today for reviewed Indian shrimp suppliers and two Taiwanese ribbon companies. Separately, OFAC has designated a Turkish bank and related firms, with a tightly limited wind-down license. These are distinct changes to entry costs and transaction permissions—not a…
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September 3, 2026
Drone Section 232 Tariffs Start as HTS Revision 18 Goes Live
The new U.S. Section 232 duties on unmanned aircraft systems and specified components are now live. USITC published 2026 HTS Revision 18 on September 2, and CBP followed with CSMS #69738151. For covered entries made on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT on September 3, filers must pair the ordinary Chapter 85 or 88…
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September 2, 2026
USTR Rewrites Four China 301 Exclusions as CBP Deploys Canada Section 338 Records
Two classification developments lead today’s report. USTR has conformed four China Section 301 product exclusions to statistical changes that took effect July 1, preserving their pre-existing product coverage under new ten-digit reporting numbers. Separately, CBP announced Harmonized System Update 2621, which carries…
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September 1, 2026
White House Details Venezuela Oil Deal; Commerce Changes Entry Treatment Across Four AD/CVD Matters
A late-August 31 White House fact sheet supplies the first detailed public account of the U.S.–Venezuela oil arrangement: 100-year concessions covering 17 fields, a U.S. government 35% equity interest in the operator’s parent, and rights tied to 100% of project output. These are material new terms beyond the earlier…
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August 31, 2026
China Trailer AD/CVD Final Findings Published; UAE Steel Pipe Review Amended
Commerce’s August 31 publications put its China van-type trailer investigations at the final-determination stage, including a 134.75% final subsidy rate. That figure is not a universal cash-deposit rate starting today: the countervailing-duty notice ties deposits at the final rate to an order following an affirmative…
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