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Overview
See below for a timeline of the Trump administration’s trade-related actions, including past and upcoming events.
January 2025
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January 20, 2025: Trump releases the America First Trade Policy memorandum
January 26, 2025: Colombia agrees to Trump’s terms following threats of 25 percent tariffs on all Colombian goods
February 2025
February 1, 2025: Trump imposes tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China
February 3, 2025: Trump pauses tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, but not China
February 9, 2025: EU pledges to react to rumors of U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel
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February 10, 2025: Chinese retaliatory tariffs on the United States take effect (15 percent tariffs on American coal and liquefied natural gas, 10 percent tariffs on crude oil, farm equipment, and certain other vehicles)
February 10, 2025: Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs on aluminum and steel imports
February 13, 2025: Trump announces “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” on trade
February 14, 2025: Trump threatens to impose tariffs on autos
February 18, 2025: Howard Lutnick is confirmed as Commerce Secretary
February 21, 2025: Trump releases the America First Investment Policy memorandum
February 21, 2025: Trump releases the Defending American Companies and Innovators From Overseas Extortion and Unfair Fines and Penalties memorandum
February 21, 2025: USTR announces the proposed action targeting Chinese shipbuilding
February 26, 2025: President Trump releases an executive order on Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper
February 26, 2025: President Trump says he will announce 25 percent tariffs on the European Union (EU)
February 26, 2025: Jamison Greer is confirmed by the Senate to serve as U.S. Trade Representative
February 27, 2025: Trump says he will impose another 10 percent tariff on China
February 27, 2025: Trump and Starmer announce work on a trade deal
March 2025
March 1, 2025: Trump instructs Commerce to launch an investigation into lumber imports
March 2, 2025: Trump releases executive order amending de-minimis
March 3, 2025: Trump says he will impose tariffs on “external” agricultural products
March 3, 2025: Trump announces reciprocal tariffs to begin on April 2
March 4, 2025: Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10 percent increase on China
March 4, 2025: Canada and China announce retaliatory tariffs, Mexico announces intent to implement retaliatory tariffs
March 4, 2025: Trump confirms use of reciprocal tariffs in address to Congress
March 5, 2025: Canada’s first set of retaliatory tariffs take effect
March 5, 2025: Trump speaks with Ford, GM, and Stellantis about auto tariffs
March 5, 2025: Trump considers carveouts on agricultural tariffs to Canada and Mexico
March 6, 2025: Trump adjusts auto tariffs on Canada and Mexico, including a one-month reprieve for goods under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
March 7, 2025: Trump could impose additional tariffs on Canada, including on lumber and dairy products
March 7, 2025: Trump administration says it wants to pursue a free trade agreement with India
March 9, 2025: Mexico to announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States (never announced)
March 10, 2025: China’s retaliatory tariffs take affect
March 10, 2025: Ontario, Canada, imposes a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exported to Michigan, Minnesota, and New York
March 11, 2025: Trump threatens to impose 50 percent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum
March 11, 2025: Trump says he will increase Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs another 50 percent
March 11, 2025: Comments on unfair trade practices due to USTR
March 11, 2025: Ontario, Canada, suspends a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exported Michigan, Minnesota, and New York
March 11, 2025: Trump suspends a 50 percent tariff threat on Canadian steel and aluminum
March 12, 2025: U.S. aluminum and steel tariffs take effect
March 12, 2025: EU imposes retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
March 12, 2025: Canada announces $20.9 billion of retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
March 13, 2025: Trump threatens 200 percent tariffs on alcohol from the European Union
March 13, 2025: Canada initiates a dispute complaint in the WTO against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
March 14, 2025: USTR tells Vietnamese counterpart to improve U.S.-Vietnam trade balance
March 17, 2025: Greer selects Jennifer Thornton as USTR general counsel
March 18, 2025: U.S. assents to enter consultations with Canada and China over tariffs
March 20, 2025: EU delays retaliatory tariffs to mid-April
March 21, 2025: EU to join Canadian WTO case against U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel
March 24, 2025: Trump threatens tariffs of 25 percent on countries importing Venezuelan oil
March 24, 2025: Comments and public hearing on proposed action targeting Chinese shipbuilding due to USTR
March 26, 2025: Canada’s second set of retaliatory tariffs take effect
March 26, 2025: Trump announces auto tariffs
April 2025
April 1, 2025: Commerce, Treasury, and USTR deliver reports requested in the America First Trade Policy memorandum to Trump
April 2, 2025: Trump issues executive order on reciprocal tariffs
April 2, 2025: Trump issues executive order on amending de minimis
April 2, 2025: U.S. tariffs of 25 percent on countries importing Venezuelan oil to take effect
April 2, 2025: U.S. auto tariffs take effect
April 2, 2025: Canada’s second round of tariffs take effect
April 2, 2025: U.S. Senate rejects national emergency declared by Trump to impose tariffs on Canadian imports
April 4, 2025: China announces 34 percent tariffs on U.S. goods to China
April 4, 2025: China announced restrictions on the export of six heavy rare earth metals
April 6, 2025: Trump said auto-tariff exemptions were set to expire this day
April 8, 2025: Trump issues executive order increasing tariffs on China from 34 percent to 84 percent under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
April 8, 2025: Trump says pharmaceutical tariffs are coming soon
April 9, 2025: U.S. reciprocal tariffs take effect, including a total of 104 percent on China
April 9, 2025: China announces retaliatory tariffs of 84 percent
April 9, 2025: EU votes in favor of 10 to 25 percent retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, including tobacco, motorcycles, poultry, steel, and aluminum
April 9, 2025: Trump announces a ninety-day pause on reciprocal tariffs, excluding China; U.S. tariffs on China increased to 125 percent
April 9, 2025: Trump issues executive order on U.S. shipbuilding and investigation into China’s unfair practices targeting maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding
April 10, 2025: EU announces a ninety-day pause on retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.
April 10, 2025: Chinese retaliatory tariffs of 84 percent take effect
April 10, 2025: ASEAN Economic Ministers issue [PDF] joint statement on U.S. tariffs
April 11, 2025: Trump issues executive order amend reciprocal tariffs to exclude semiconductors and electronics
April 11, 2024: China increases tariffs on U.S. imports to 125 percent
April 15, 2025: First round of EU retaliatory tariffs take effect (paused to July 14, 2025)
April 15, 2025: Trump issues executive order launching a 232 investigation into critical mineral imports
April 17, 2025: Trump issues executive order on the competitiveness of the U.S. seafood industry
April 23, 2025: USTR issues notice of proposed action in 301 investigation of China’s targeting maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding
April 29, 2025: Trump issues executive order amending tariffs on automobiles
April 29, 2025: Trump issues executive order removing cumulative effect of multiple tariffs on the same article
April 30, 2025: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to deliver report requested in the America First Trade Policy memorandum to Trump
May 2025
May 2, 2025: Duty on per postal items from China and Hong Kong scheduled to increase to 75 dollars
May 4, 2025: Trump says he has authorized a 100 percent tariff on foreign movies
May 4, 2025: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) issues a statement about concerns over escalating trade protectionism
May 7, 2025: Written comments for 232 investigation on pharmaceuticals due
May 11, 2025: U.S. announces trade deal with China in Geneva
May 11, 2025: Commerce to create process for including additional derivative steel articles in line with the February aluminum and steel tariffs
May 12, 2025: Trump issues executive order regarding most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing
May 12, 2025: The United States and China issue a joint statement reducing tariffs for 90 days
May 12, 2025: Trump issues executive order decreasing de minimis tariffs from 120 percent to 54 percent
May 16, 2025: Second round of EU retaliatory tariffs take effect (paused)
May 16, 2025: Trump says the administration will send negotiation letters to trading partners over the next two to three weeks
May 19, 2025: Written comments on proposed tariffs actions under 301 investigation of China’s targeting maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding due
May 23, 2025: Trump announces 50 percent tariffs on EU imports starting June 1
May 24, 2025: Trump releases World Trade Week Proclamation
May 25, 2025: Trump pauses 50 percent EU tariffs to July 9
May 28, 2025: U.S. Court of International Trade issues [PDF] order stating sweeping tariffs are illegal
May 29, 2025: D.C. District Court judge issues decision stating IEEPA does not authorize Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
May 29, 2025: The Trump administration appeals the Court of International Trade’s ruling and files motions to stay
May 29, 2025: U.S. Court of Appeals grants [PDF] the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause Court of International Trade’s ruling
May 30, 2025: Trump accuses China of violating the Geneva Consensus
June 2025
June 1, 2025: De minimis on items from China and Hong Kong scheduled to to increase to 54 percent (formerly 120 percent)
June 4, 2025: Trump raises tariffs on all steel imports to 50 percent with the exclusion of the UK
June 4, 2025: Trump administration asks countries to submit their best trade offers by this date
June 5, 2025: Response [PDF] to Trump administration’s motions to stay due
June 9, 2025: Trump administration’s reply due [PDF] to Court of Appeals
June 10, 2025: Senior U.S. and Chinese officials reach a “framework” deal in London
June 10, 2025: The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stays sweeping tariffs until July 31
June 11, 2025: Commerce to report most favored nation price targets for pharmaceutical manufacturers
June 12, 2025: Commerce expanded the list of steel derivative products subject to Section 232 tariffs
June 13, 2025: Trump conditionally clears U.S. Steel–Nippon deal with U.S. control safeguards
June 15–17, 2025: Group of Seven Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta
June 16, 2025: Comprehensive seafood trade strategy due to the president
June 16, 2025: Trump and Starmer sign U.S.-U.K. trade deal easing auto, aerospace tariffs
June 20, 2025: Supreme Court declines to fast-track IEEPA tariff case, leaving Trump’s tariffs in effect during appeal
June 26, 2025 : The United States and China sign a deal to resume rare earth exports to the United States
June 27, 2025: Trump ends U.S.–Canada trade talks over 3 percent digital services tax
June 30, 2025: Canada halts digital services tax and resumes talks with the United States
July 2025
July 1, 2025: Trump warns Japan of 30 to 35 percent tariffs if no deal is reached by July 9
July 2, 2025: Japan presses the United States to lift auto tariffs
July 2, 2025: The United States and Vietnam reach a trade deal that includes 20 percent tariffs on Vietnamese exports and 40 percent on trans-shipped goods
July 7, 2025: Trump sends fourteen tariff letters to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Laos, Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tunisia and Thailand.
July 7, 2025: Trump extends reciprocal tariff deadline to August 1
July 7, 2025: Trump announces 25 percent tariffs on Japan and Korea and a range of rates for other countries
July 7, 2025: EU signals progress toward provisional deal with the United States
July 8, 2025: Trump warns of upcoming sectoral tariffs (pharma, semiconductors, metals), including a 50 percent tariff on copper imports and 200 percent (after one-year grace period) on foreign-made pharmaceuticals
July 9, 2025: U.S. ninety-day pause on reciprocal tariffs expires; enforcement paused to August 1 pending negotiations
July 9, 2025: Trump issues seven more tariff letters addressed to Philippines, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Iraq, Moldova, Algeria and Libya.
July 9, 2025: Trump threatens Brazil with 50 percent tariffs, citing ‘witch hunt’ against Bolsonaro
July 9, 2025: Trump signals U.S. Africa policy shift from aid to trade
July 10, 2025: Trump sends letter announcing 35 percent tariff on Canadian imports starting August 1
July 11, 2025: U.S. customs duties top $100 billion for first time in a fiscal year
July 12, 2025: Trump sends letters announcing 30 percent tariffs on EU and Mexico starting August 1; USMCA-compliant goods exempt
July 13, 2025: EU delays retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, citing ongoing negotiations before August 1
July 14, 2025: EU ninety-day pause on retaliatory tariffs expires; enforcement paused to August 1 pending negotiations
July 14, 2025: Commerce announces 232 investigations into imported drones, parts for unmanned aerial vehicles and polysilicon
July 14, 2025: Commerce announces 17 percent tariffs on Mexican tomato imports and withdrawal from the 2019 suspension agreement
July 14, 2025: Trump threatens 100 percent tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if no peace deal within 50 days
July 14, 2025: EU finalizes a second list of countermeasures to target U.S. goods
July 15, 2025: Trump announces trade deal with Indonesia that includes 19 percent tariffs on Indonesian goods
July 15, 2025: USTR announces the launch of 301 investigation into Brazil’s alleged unfair trading practices
July 16, 2025: Trump says he will send letters to over 150 countries with their tariffs rates that may be 10 percent or 15 percent
July 22, 2025: Trump announces trade deal with Japan
July 22, 2025: Trump announces trade deal with the Philippines
July 23, 2025: The Justice Department says it is adding “significant personnel” to a new unit focused on trade fraud and other corporate crimes
July 23, 2025: EU readies a single retaliation package worth 93 billion euros, combining the first (April) and second (July) packages
July 27, 2025: Trump announces trade deal with the EU
July 29–31, 2025: Third G20 Trade and Investment Working Group Meeting
July 30, 2025: Trump announces 25 percent tariff on India plus an unspecified penalty for its Russian energy purchases
July 30, 2025: Trump announces 50 percent tariffs on copper products under new Section 232 order
July 31, 2025: Oral arguments in Court of Appeals on merits of Trump’s sweeping tariffs
July 31, 2025: Trump unveils updated tariff rates for 67 countries
August 2025
August 1, 2025: Reciprocal country-specific and copper tariffs take effect
August 1, 2025: Fed Governor Adriana Kugler announces resignation, effective August 8
August 1, 2025: Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, prompted by downward revisions to May and June job numbers
August 1, 2025: 50 percent copper tariffs take effect
August 6, 2025: Trump doubles tariffs on India to 50 percent
August 6, 2025: Trump names Stephen Miran to temporarily fill the vacancy at the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors
August 6, 2025: Trump announces plans to impose 100 percent tariff on semiconductor imports
August 6, 2025: Apple CEO Tim Cook announces $600 billion in the United States
August 7, 2025: Revised reciprocal tariff rates for 67 countries take effect
August 7, 2025: Tariffs announced on July 31 take effect
August 7, 2025: USTR Jamieson Greer writes op-ed declaring a new global trading system
August 8, 2025: Deadline for Trump’s threat of secondary sanctions on Russia; no action taken
August 8, 2025: India pauses plans to buy U.S. arms
August 8, 2025: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named acting IRS commissioner
August 10, 2025: Nvidia and AMD agree to pay 15 percent of Chinese AI chip sales revenues to the U.S. government in a deal to secure export licenses
August 11, 2025: U.S. and China extend trade truce for 90 days
August 11, 2025: China announces it will postpone trade and investment restrictions for some U.S. companies
August 11, 2025: Trump clarifies that imports of gold bars will not face tariffs
August 11, 2025: Pause of increased tariffs on China ends
August 12, 2025: Deadline for tariff negotiations with China
August 12, 2025: OMB’s fiscal assessment of reciprocal trade and tariffs policy due to Trump
August 14, 2025: Bessent warns of additional tariffs on India if Trump-Putin peace talks fail
August 14, 2025: The Port of Los Angeles announces highest container volume in its 117-year history
August 21, 2025: The US and EU publish details of trade agreement
August 22, 2025: Treasury announces U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender is leaving the Trump administration
August 22, 2025: Trump announces Section 232 tariff investigation on furniture
August 23, 2025: Canada announces it will drop some retaliatory tariffs
August 25, 2025: Trump orders removal of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook
August 27, 2025: Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on India take effect
August 28, 2025: EU introduces legislation to remove tariffs on U.S. industrial goods
August 29, 2025: De minimis tariff exemption ends for imports under $800
August 29, 2025: Appeals court rules most IEEPA tariffs illegal but allows them to remain until October 14 pending appeal
August 31, 2025 – September 1, 2025: SCO Tianjin Summit 2025 takes place in China
September 2025
September 1, 2025: Canada ends 25 percent counter-tariffs on USMCA goods; 35 percent tariffs remain on non-USMCA goods (steel, aluminum, auto parts)
September 2, 2025: Commerce opens Section 232 investigations into imports of personal protective equipment, medical items, robotics, and industrial machinery
September 4, 2025: Trump issues executive order reducing U.S. auto tariffs on Japan to 15 percent
September 11, 2025: Lower tariffs on Japanese autos take effect
September 16, 2025: USTR seeks public comment on the joint review of the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA)
September 18, 2025: Trump signs Technology Prosperity deal with the United Kingdom
September 25, 2025: Trump announces tariffs on branded or patented drugs, heavy trucks, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and associated products
September 24, 2025: Trump lowers tariffs on EU vehicles to 15 percent
September 29, 2025: Trump says the U.S. will impose 100 percent tariffs on foreign-made movies
September 30, 2025: African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired
October 2025
October 2025: Sixteenth session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16)
October 1, 2025: Tariffs on branded or patented drugs, heavy trucks, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and associated products to take effect (postponed)
October 2025: USTR public consultations on 2026 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement review
October 6, 2025: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) authorities expire
October 7–9, 2025: Fourth G20 Trade and Investment Working Group Meeting
October 9, 2025: A bipartisan group of senators introduce legislation to repeal global tariffs and restore congressional authority over trade
October 9, 2025: China announces tightened export controls for rare earths and related technologies
October 10, 2025: Trump threatens "massive increase" of tariffs on China in response to Chinese rare earth restrictions
October 10, 2025: G20 Trade and Investment Working Group Ministerial Meeting
October 10, 2025: USTR announces modifications to Section 301 tariffs on certain Chinese-linked cranes and cargo equipment and proposes additional modifications
October 11, 2025: Final report and recommendations on furniture 232 investigation due to president
October 12, 2025: Final report and recommendations on critical minerals 232 investigation due to president
October 14, 2025: Appeals court deadline for filing appeal on IEEPA ruling
October 14, 2025: USTR Section 301 maritime action takes effect, with revised vessel fees and expanded data rules targeting Chinese-built and operated ships
October 14, 2025: U.S. tariffs of 10 percent on softwood timber and lumber and 25 percent on kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered wooden products take effect
October 14, 2025: Trump considers embargo on cooking oil from China
October 17, 2025: Trump signs proclamation that expands credits for eligible automakers and imposes 25 percent tariffs on medium- and heavy-duty trucks and truck parts, and 10 percent tariffs on buses under Section 232
October 20, 2025: USTR issues Section 301 report on Nicaragua for human rights violations and other acts and policies. Public comments on proposed action due November 19, 2025
October 20, 2025: Trump signs framework agreement on critical minerals with Australia
October 22, 2025: Treasury sanctions Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil over Russia’s failure to commit to a peace process to end the Ukraine war
October 23, 2025: Trump announces termination of trade talks with Canada
October 24, 2025: USTR launches Section 301 investigations of China’s implementation of the “Phase One” trade deal
October 26–28, 2025: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
October 26–November 1, 2025: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea
October 27, 2025: Trump signs Agreements on Reciprocal Trade with Cambodia and Malaysia and Frameworks for Agreements on Reciprocal Trade with Thailand and Vietnam
October 27, 2025: Trump signs memorandums with Thailand and Malaysia on diversifying critical minerals supply chains and promoting investment
October 27, 2025: Trump signs framework on critical minerals supply with Japan
October 28, 2025: Trump signs Technology Prosperity Deal with Japan
October 29, 2025: Trump signs Technology Prosperity Deal with South Korea
October 30, 2025: Increased tariff pause on Mexico ends (postponed “a few more weeks”)
November 2025
November 1, 2025: Trump and Xi agree to one-year trade truce that lowers tariffs, pauses China’s rare earth export curbs, and addresses soybeans and fentanyl issues
November 1, 2025: U.S. tariffs of 25 percent on medium- and heavy-duty trucks and 10 percent on buses take effect
November 1, 2025: Trump’s 100 percent tariff threat on China takes effect (nullified due to US-China trade truce)
November 4, 2025: Trump reduces fentanyl-related tariffs on China to 10 percent and suspends the higher reciprocal tariff rate on China (until November 10, 2026)
November 5, 2025: U.S. Supreme Court hears IEEPA and fentanyl tariff cases
November 5, 2025: China announces a one-year suspension of its 24-percent tariff on the U.S., an elimination of up to 15-percent tariffs on some U.S. agricultural products (excluding soybeans), and a continuation of 10-percent tariffs on all U.S. goods
November 9, 2025: China announces it will suspend some export controls on critical minerals and other dual-use goods to the U.S. until November 17, 2026
November 9, 2025: Additional duties on certain cranes, intermodal chassis, and chassis parts from China take effect (suspended until November 10, 2026)
November 10, 2025: Second 90-day U.S.-China trade truce expires (extended to November 10, 2026)
November 13, 2025: Trump announces frameworks for reciprocal trade agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador
November 13, 2025: Trump releases joint fact sheet with South Korea on trade, commerce and security
November 14, 2025: Trump announces framework for reciprocal trade agreements with Switzerland and Lichtenstein
November 14, 2025: Trump lifts reciprocal tariffs on certain agricultural products
November 14, 2025: US Treasury extends sanction waiver for Russian oil company Lukoil
November 15, 2025: Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office lowered its projection of U.S. tariff revenues from $4 trillion to $3 trillion for the period 2025-2035
November 17, 2025: USTR holds public hearing on the USMCA (postponed to December 3-5)
November 18, 2025: Trump finalizes Economic and Defense Partnership with Saudi Arabia
November 20, 2025: Trump lifts tariffs on certain food products from Brazil, including beef and coffee
November 22, 2025: Commerce report on copper imports due for release
November 22–23, 2025: G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa
November 26, 2025: USTR formalizes the extension of 178 product exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports
November 29, 2025: 178 product exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports expire (extended to November 10, 2026)
December 2025
December 1, 2025: Third round of EU retaliatory tariffs take effect (before the U.S. and EU reached a trade deal in August 2025)
December 1, 2025: U.S. announces agreement with the United Kingdom on pharmaceutical pricing
December 3-5, 2025: USTR holds public hearing on the USMCA (originally November 17, 2025)
December 3, 2025: Congress rejects the Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for National Artificial Intelligence (GAIN AI) Act that curbs advanced AI chip exports to China
December 4, 2025: Bipartisan group of senators propose the Secure and Feasible Exports (SAFE) Chips Act that curbs advanced AI chip exports to China
December 4, 2025: Trump releases the 2025 National Security Strategy and outlines economic security as one of his top priorities
December 6, 2025: White House issues executive order establishing DOJ and FTC task forces to investigate price fixing and anti-competitive behavior in U.S. food supply chains
December 8, 2025: President Trump announces the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 AI chips to approved customers in China
December 16, 2025: USTR holds public hearing on the Section 301 investigation of China’s implementation of the “Phase One” agreement
December 2025: Commerce reports on Section 232 national security reviews of copper, timber, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals due
December 23, 2025: Report from Joe Biden administration’s investigation of China’s pursuit of global semiconductor dominance due
January 2026
January 2026: USTR report to congress on whether to extend USMCA due
January 1, 2026: U.S. tariffs on upholstered furniture will increase to 30 percent and kitchen cabinets and vanities to 50 percent
January 21, 2026: U.S. Supreme Court hears Lisa Cook firing case