Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

• February 3, 2025

  2025.02.03 EO 14197: "Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border"

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

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• March 2, 2025

  03.06.25 Amendment to Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern 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 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 Canada

  The duties and tariffs on imports from Canada called for in EO 14193 take effect 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 DOJ - U.S. Attorneys' Offices Staffing Priorities

  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issues a memorandum on “U.S. Attorneys' Offices Staffing Priorities,” setting forth guidance to ensure U.S. Attorneys’ Offices are appropriately staffed to address the administration’s immigration and crime priorities. The memo identifies Border Districts authorized to hire Assistant U.S. Attorneys despite the federal hiring freeze, including all Districts in AZ, NM, TX, and FL as well as the Southern District of CA, Western and Northern Districts of NY, and the District of VT. The memo states this policy reflects the “escalating” “threat of illegal immigration and associated crime at our northern border” identified by President Trump in EO 14193.

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• March 6, 2025

  2025.03.06_Federal Register - EO- "Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern 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 Canada "shall not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in section 2(a) or section 2(b) of Executive Order 14193" 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 8, 2025

  2025.03.08_Official CBP Statement On Tariffs - U.S. Customs and Border Protection

  CBP released a statement explaining how the Presidential Executive Orders instating tariff updates for imports from China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Mexico will be implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act: 

  • Additional 25% tariffs on goods that do not satisfy U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) rules of origin. 
  • A lower, additional 10% tariff on energy products imported from Canada that fall outside the USMCA preference. 
  • A lower, additional 10% tariff on potash imported from Canada and Mexico that falls outside the USMCA preference. 
  • Additional 20% on goods from China and Hong Kong (increased from 10% on March 4). 
  • Effective March 7, 2025, no additional tariffs are due on goods from Canada and Mexico that qualify for the USMCA preference. 
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• April 4, 2025

  2025.04.04 Complaint - Webber v. DHS

  Two citizens of the Blackfeet Nation filed a lawsuit to challenge the tariffs imposed on Canada. The lawsuit alleges that the tariffs violate the Constitution as well as the Jay Treaty of 1794 which recognized the rights of Native people to cross the U.S.-Canada border without paying duties or tariffs. Webber v. DHS, No. 4:25-cv-00026 (D. Mont.).

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