Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

• February 3, 2025

  2025.02.03 EO 14198: "Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border"

  President Trump issued an executive order pausing the implementation of tariffs on Mexico until at least March 4, 2025 due to Mexico having taken "immediate steps designed to alleviate the illegal migration and illicit drug crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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• February 4, 2025

  2025.02.04 Reported: Mexico Deploys 10,000 National Guard Members to U.S. Border - The New York Times

  The New York Times reports that "as part of her deal with President Trump to stave off steep tariffs on Mexico for a month, President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged to send 10,000 additional members of the country’s National Guard to the border to 'prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, particularly fentanyl.'"

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• March 2, 2025

  2025.03.02 Amendment to Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border

  President Trump issued EO 14227, which amends Section 2(g) of EO 14194 (as further amended by EO 14198). This change makes it so that instead of disallowing duty-free de minimis treatment for all of the eligible covered articles in subsection (a), de minimis treatment will cease "upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect tariff revenue applicable pursuant to subsection (a)[.]"

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• March 3, 2025

  2025.03.03 Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico

  The duties and tariffs on imports from Mexico called for in EO 14194 will be implemented starting March 4, 2025. The notice of implementation is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on March 6, 2025.

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• March 6, 2025

  2025.03.06_EO "Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Southern Border"

  "In order to minimize disruption to the United States automotive industry and automotive workers," the Trump Administration released a new EO, adjusting the tariffs imposed on Mexico by EO 14194. The amendment states that goods entering the U.S. from Mexico "shall not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14194" as long as they comply with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) "as related to the Agreement between the United States of America, United Mexican States, and Canada [USMCA]." These modifications shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption "on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025."

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• March 11, 2025

  2025.03.11 CBP Amendment to Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico Pursuant to EO 14194

  The duties and tariffs on imports from Mexico called for in EO 14194 as amended by EO 14198, subsequently amended by EO 14227, and further amended by ‘the ‘Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Southern Border,’’ are set out in the Annex to this notice and are effective with respect to products from Mexico starting March 7, 2025.

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