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    "last_updated": "2026-08-24"
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    {
      "date": "2026-08-25",
      "title": "CBP tells CIT it has delayed CAPE Phase 3 launch (finally liquidated entries); no new date set",
      "summary": "In an August 25, 2026 update to the Court of International Trade, CBP said it has temporarily delayed deployment of CAPE Phase 3 — the rollout covering roughly $11.4 billion in finally liquidated IEEPA entries, originally expected in late July 2026 — to build additional validations ensuring reliquidation doesn't inadvertently alter non-IEEPA duties assessed on those entries. No new launch date has been announced. CAPE Phase 1 (unliquidated/within-80-days entries) and Phase 2 (reconciliation and AD/CVD entries) continue processing normally and are unaffected. The delay lands while DOJ's Federal Circuit appeal of the CIT's underlying reliquidation order (opening brief filed August 10) remains pending — that appeal, not this scheduling delay, is what determines whether non-litigant importers with finally liquidated entries can be paid administratively at all. Reported by trade-compliance bulletins (JM Rodgers, GHY, GEODIS) summarizing CBP's filing.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "cape-phase-3"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/cape-phase-3-finally-liquidated-entries-do-you-need-to-sue"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-21",
      "title": "CBP update to CIT: $132.5B accepted for CAPE processing, $106.6B certified to Treasury",
      "summary": "In an August 21, 2026 update to the Court of International Trade, CBP reported roughly $132.5 billion in IEEPA refunds (principal plus statutory interest) accepted for CAPE processing — 26.4 million entries as of 3 p.m. ET that day — up from $128.68 billion as of July 31. Of that, about $106.6 billion had been certified and sent to Treasury for disbursement, roughly 64% of the ~$166 billion total pool, up from $100 billion on August 4. Roughly $1.7 billion across 22,170 approved refunds remains stuck on missing or invalid importer ACH banking details. Reported by customs-broker trade bulletins (JM Rodgers, GHY, GEODIS) summarizing CBP's filing.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "cape"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/tariff-refunds-86-billion-paid-june-surge-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-01-01",
      "title": "Trump pledges to raise Canadian auto and steel tariffs to 50%, effective January 1, 2027",
      "summary": "In an August 24, 2026 social media post, President Trump said tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks (large and small), automotive parts, and steel would rise to 50% effective January 1, 2027 — doubling the current 25% Section 232 rate applied to non-US content in Canadian-built vehicles. Trump said vehicles built in the US would face no tariff. The announcement followed the collapse of further US-Canada trade talks in Washington late Friday, August 21, the same breakdown that let the separate 50% Section 338 tariff on Canadian autos, alcohol, dairy, and other named goods take effect August 22. No proclamation or Federal Register notice has been published as of this writing — this is a stated pledge, not yet a signed order, and it is a distinct action from the Section 338 tariff already in effect. Prime Minister Mark Carney reiterated Canada would match new US tariffs dollar for dollar; Canada's already-announced September 8 retaliatory tariffs are unaffected by this pledge. Reported widely (Bloomberg, CBS News, Fox Business, CNBC, Al Jazeera).",
      "status": "announced",
      "tags": [
        "section-232",
        "canada",
        "usmca",
        "trade-action",
        "automobiles"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/canada-tariff-50-percent-section-338-august-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-08",
      "title": "Canada publishes full retaliation list: counter-tariffs of 15/25/50% on $27.6B of US goods, 700+ product lines, take effect Sept 8",
      "summary": "Canada's Department of Finance published the complete product list August 25, 2026 (release dated August 26). Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne confirmed counter-tariffs of 15%, 25%, or 50% — matching the corresponding US Section 338/232 rate for each product — on roughly 700 US product lines covering $27.6 billion of US goods (the figure Ottawa now cites, up from the ~$20 billion originally estimated to match the US action). Steel and aluminum products previously at 25% move to 50%; appliances, dairy (including cheese), and certain steel/aluminum derivatives are dutied at 25%; a smaller category — electric equipment and tools — gets 15%. Goods in transit to Canada on the day the countermeasures take effect are exempted. Champagne said the package also includes a multi-billion-dollar support fund for affected Canadian workers and businesses. Takes effect 12:01 a.m., September 8, 2026. Reported widely (Canada.ca official release, Al Jazeera, NPR, CP24, NBC News).",
      "status": "pending",
      "tags": [
        "section-338",
        "canada",
        "usmca",
        "trade-action",
        "retaliation"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/canada-tariff-50-percent-section-338-august-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-22",
      "title": "US-Canada trade talks collapse; 50% Section 338 tariff takes effect; Canada pledges dollar-for-dollar retaliation",
      "summary": "The three-day pause on the 50% Section 338 tariff expired without a signed deal. A further round of talks in Washington broke down; Prime Minister Mark Carney said last-minute changes to the US proposed terms were unfair and called into question the reliability of any deal, suspended trade negotiations, and recalled Canada's negotiating team to Ottawa. No proclamation was withdrawn during the pause, so the original 50% Section 338 tariff on Canadian autos, alcohol, dairy, furniture, and other named goods took effect automatically at 12:01 a.m. ET August 22, 2026 — the first modern use of Section 338. It applies even to USMCA-qualifying goods and excludes energy, potash, Section 232-covered goods, fish, and critical minerals. Carney said Canada would match the US tariffs dollar for dollar; as of this writing Canada has not published the specific list of covered US goods or an effective date for its retaliation. Reported widely (Bloomberg, CBC, Axios, NBC News, Reuters-syndicated wire).",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-338",
        "canada",
        "usmca",
        "trade-action"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/canada-tariff-50-percent-section-338-august-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-19",
      "title": "US and Canada announce outline of a trade deal; steel/aluminum and auto Section 232 rate cuts reported but not finalized",
      "summary": "Alongside the Section 338 pause, President Trump said the US and Canada had reached the outline of a broader deal, with final documents still being negotiated. Bloomberg reported the framework under discussion would cut Canada's existing Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff from 50% to 25% and its Section 232 auto tariff to 15%; Trump separately said the deal would leave US agricultural exports to Canada tariff-free. The Washington Post reported the same day that key terms remain unclear. No proclamation or Federal Register notice has been published as of this writing — these figures are reported, not confirmed, and are separate from the still-paused 50% Section 338 tariff.",
      "status": "announced",
      "tags": [
        "section-232",
        "section-338",
        "canada",
        "usmca",
        "trade-action"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/canada-tariff-50-percent-section-338-august-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-03",
      "title": "Section 232 tariff on drones (UAS) and components takes effect: 100% on large/thermal UAS, 25% on consumer models",
      "summary": "A proclamation signed August 13, 2026 imposes Section 232 tariffs on unmanned aircraft systems and components, citing Commerce Department findings of supply-chain, cybersecurity, and national-security risk from foreign-made drones. Effective 12:01 a.m. ET September 3, 2026: 100% ad valorem on UAS with maximum takeoff weight over 25 kg, any drone with thermal-imaging capability, docking stations, and critical Annex I components; 25% ad valorem on consumer/hobby drones 25 kg or under (Annex II) — the tier covering most DJI-class consumer models. A further 25% tariff on additional Annex III components takes effect February 9, 2027. Country-specific caps apply: EU, Japan, Liechtenstein, Korea, Switzerland, and Taiwan-origin covered goods generally capped at 15%; UK-origin at 10% — China, the dominant source of consumer drones, is not on the reduced-rate list. The proclamation also directs Commerce to stand up a domestic-onshoring relief program for US drone manufacturing.",
      "status": "pending",
      "tags": [
        "section-232",
        "drones",
        "uas",
        "trade-action",
        "consumer"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/section-232-drone-uas-tariff-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-10",
      "title": "DOJ files opening Federal Circuit brief seeking to vacate CIT's universal IEEPA reliquidation order",
      "summary": "The Department of Justice filed its opening brief August 10, 2026 in the consolidated Federal Circuit appeal challenging the Court of International Trade's order directing CBP to reliquidate finally-liquidated IEEPA entries. DOJ argues (1) CBP lacks authority to reprocess older, finally liquidated entries absent a court order tied to a specific importer's own lawsuit, and (2) the CIT's order is an impermissibly broad 'universal injunction' beyond what the court may grant. If the Federal Circuit agrees and vacates the order, importers with finally liquidated entries who have not filed suit would lose the administrative path to a refund and would need to sue individually — relevant to the roughly 3,700 pending IEEPA cases at the CIT and the still-undecided V.O.S. Selections class-certification motion (argued August 6, no ruling yet). No Federal Circuit ruling yet; CAPE refund processing continues under the existing order while the appeal is pending.",
      "status": "announced",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "litigation",
        "cape-phase-3"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/cit-reliquidation-orders-ieepa-phase-3-july-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-13",
      "title": "CIT upholds de minimis suspension, rejecting Detroit Axle's IEEPA challenge",
      "summary": "A three-judge Court of International Trade panel granted summary judgment for the government in Detroit Axle v. Department of Homeland Security, upholding the executive branch's authority under IEEPA to suspend the $800 de minimis exemption. Detroit Axle, which imports Chinese-made auto parts through a Mexico distribution center and had structured shipments to qualify for de minimis treatment, argued the suspension was an unlawful tariff since the Supreme Court's February 2026 ruling held IEEPA does not authorize tariffs. The panel reasoned that withdrawing a duty-free exemption is legally distinct from imposing a new duty, so the de minimis suspension survives even though the IEEPA reciprocal tariffs themselves did not. This is the first ruling directly testing the de minimis suspension's legal footing since it took effect in 2025; it leaves the suspension in place regardless of the outcome of separate IEEPA refund litigation. Reported by InsideTrade, Alvarez & Marsal, and other trade-law outlets; opinion published via Courthouse News.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "de-minimis",
        "litigation",
        "ieepa",
        "consumer"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/de-minimis-exemption-ended-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-15",
      "title": "Section 201 safeguard tariff-rate quota takes effect on quartz surface products",
      "summary": "A proclamation signed July 31, 2026 imposes a four-year Section 201 safeguard tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imported quartz surface products — engineered stone slabs and countertops classified under HTSUS 6810.99.0020, 6810.99.0040, and 7020.00.6000 — effective 12:01 a.m. ET August 15, 2026. In quota year one, roughly 140 million square feet (13,006,426 sq m) may enter at a 25% duty; volume above each quarter's allocation is dutied at 50%. Quota years run August 15 to August 14, with quarterly allocations, through August 2030, and in-quota/over-quota rates are set to adjust each year. This is a standalone Section 201 safeguard, unrelated to IEEPA, Section 122, or Section 301 — it stacks cumulatively on top of whatever base duty otherwise applies to the product.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-201",
        "safeguard",
        "quartz",
        "trade-action"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-13",
      "title": "Carrier IEEPA refunds confirmed reaching consumers (FedEx, UPS, DHL)",
      "summary": "National wire reporting (Associated Press, syndicated August 13 across outlets including the Washington Post and ABC News) confirmed FedEx's roughly $800 million in carrier-side IEEPA refunds — which began disbursing around August 10 through its verification portal — are now landing with the customers who originally paid the customs bills, moving the story from projected timeline to confirmed payouts. UPS continues automatic refunds on its ~$500 million pool (about 2.5 million eligible entries), applying to open invoices first with any remainder paid 60-90 days after UPS received the funds from CBP. DHL continues pass-through as CBP processes its claims. This is separate from CBP's direct IEEPA refund program (CAPE) — these are refunds of duties the carriers paid as importer of record on behalf of package recipients.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "carriers",
        "consumer"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/fedex-ups-dhl-tariff-refund-tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-04",
      "title": "New Section 232 tariff and price floor on polysilicon takes effect (announced Aug 6)",
      "summary": "A proclamation signed August 6, 2026 imposes a 15% Section 232 tariff on polysilicon and derivative products (ingots, wafers, solar cells, solar modules), plus minimum import prices — $21/kg polysilicon, $100/kg ingots and wafers, $0.22/W solar cells, $0.38/W solar modules — meant to counter China's dominance of the supply chain. Takes effect 120 days after signing, 12:01 a.m. ET December 4, 2026. Separate from the existing Section 301 rate on Chinese-origin solar goods, which already stacks with Section 232 steel/aluminum duties on metal racking and components.",
      "status": "pending",
      "tags": [
        "section-232",
        "solar",
        "semiconductors",
        "china"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "title": "CBP declaration: $100B in IEEPA refunds certified and sent to Treasury",
      "summary": "In an August 4 declaration filed in Freestyle World, Inc. v. United States, CBP Trade Programs Directorate executive director Brandon Lord reported that total IEEPA duty refunds (principal plus statutory interest) certified and forwarded to Treasury for disbursement surpassed $100 billion — roughly 60% of the ~$166 billion pool, up from $86.3 billion on July 10. As of July 31, roughly $128.68 billion in potential and certified refunds had entered the CAPE platform, 17.69 million entries had been liquidated or reliquidated without IEEPA duties, and about $1.6 billion remained stuck on missing importer bank details. No ruling yet on the pending V.O.S. Selections class-certification motion (argued August 6) covering finally liquidated entries for importers who haven't sued.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "cape"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/tariff-refunds-86-billion-paid-june-surge-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "title": "25 states sue to block the Section 301 forced-labor tariff",
      "summary": "A coalition of 25 states led by Oregon, Arizona, and California filed suit in the Court of International Trade seeking to declare the Section 301 forced-labor tariff (the two-tier 10%/12.5% duty on ~60 economies that replaced Section 122 on July 24) unlawful, halt its collection, and refund duties already paid. The complaint alleges USTR acted ultra vires and arbitrarily by not proving forced-labor findings on a country-by-country basis, and argues the action effectively revives the IEEPA reciprocal tariffs the Supreme Court already struck down. No ruling or injunction yet — CBP continues collecting the tariff as normal while the case proceeds.",
      "status": "announced",
      "tags": [
        "section-301",
        "litigation"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/states-sue-section-301-forced-labor-tariffs-august-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "title": "100% Section 232 tariff on patented pharmaceuticals takes effect for named companies",
      "summary": "Proclamation 11020 (signed April 2, 2026) imposes a 100% Section 232 tariff on patented pharmaceutical products and their APIs. The 17 companies named in the proclamation's Annex III hit the 100% rate today, 120 days after signing; companies not named in Annex II or III follow September 29, 2026 (180 days). Companies with an approved Commerce onshoring agreement pay 20%; those that also hold an MFN pricing deal with HHS pay 0% until January 20, 2029. Generics, biosimilars, and orphan drugs are exempt for now.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-232",
        "pharmaceuticals",
        "trade-action"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/trump-pharma-tariffs"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-19",
      "title": "Section 338 Canada tariff paused hours before taking effect, pending a trade deal",
      "summary": "The 50% Section 338 tariff on Canadian autos, alcohol, dairy, furniture, and other named goods was due to take effect 12:01 a.m. ET August 19, 2026. Just before the deadline, President Trump announced a pause of the tariff for a three-day period while the US and Canada finalize a broader trade deal — Prime Minister Carney said the postponement runs through the end of the day Friday, August 21. No proclamation has been withdrawn; the tariff remains legally in force and could take effect on short notice if talks fail. Nothing is effective as of this writing.",
      "status": "announced",
      "tags": [
        "section-338",
        "canada",
        "usmca",
        "trade-action"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/canada-tariff-50-percent-section-338-august-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-22",
      "title": "New 25% Section 301 tariff on Brazil takes effect",
      "summary": "USTR's final Federal Register notice, published July 20, 2026, confirms the 25% Section 301 tariff on goods of Brazil, following a year-long investigation into digital trade rules, preferential tariffs, ethanol market access, and deforestation policy. The notice includes an exemption annex of 1,600+ HTSUS subheadings (coffee, beef, orange juice, Brazil nuts, cocoa, iron ore, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, ~430 civil-aircraft lines) and confirms the duty does not stack with Brazil's existing 50% Section 232 steel/aluminum tariff. Goods loaded and in transit before 12:01 a.m. ET July 22 and entered before 12:01 a.m. ET July 29 qualify for a short in-transit exemption (HTS 9903.05.02); covered goods otherwise file under new subheading 9903.05.01. Separate from the unrelated 46-country forced-labor Section 301 action.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-301",
        "brazil",
        "trade-action"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/brazil-tariff-25-percent-section-301-july-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-24",
      "title": "Section 122 10% global tariff expires; USPS postal informal entry begins",
      "summary": "The 10% Section 122 baseline lapsed by operation of law at its 150-day statutory limit, 12:01 a.m. ET July 24, 2026 — Congress did not act to extend it. A Federal Circuit appeal over Section 122's underlying legality remains pending separately and does not affect the statutory sunset. Same day, CBP's postal rule took effect: de minimis is codified as ended for mail, USPS stops collecting duty on delivery, and a designated filer (owner, purchaser, or licensed broker) must file monthly via Pay.gov for mail shipments of $2,500 or less.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-122",
        "de-minimis",
        "postal",
        "consumer"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/usps-mail-package-customs-duty-july-24-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-24",
      "title": "USTR finalizes Section 301 replacement for Section 122: two-tier 10%/12.5% tariff on 60 economies",
      "summary": "USTR announced its final action in the forced-labor Section 301 investigations, taking effect 12:01 a.m. ET July 24, 2026 — the same moment Section 122 lapsed, so there was no gap. The final scope is broader than the previously proposed 46-country, single-rate plan: roughly 60 economies (about 99.4% of US imports by value) are covered under a two-tier structure — a lower rate for the smaller group of economies USTR found had put at least partial forced-labor import protections in place, and 12.5% for the rest. EU-origin goods stay on the trade deal's 15% ceiling and are not part of this action; Section 232 and existing China Section 301 lines are unaffected and can stack on top.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-301",
        "section-122",
        "trade-action"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/section-301-replacing-section-122"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-15",
      "title": "CIT signals case-specific reliquidation orders across ~3,700 IEEPA cases",
      "summary": "The Court of International Trade moved to implement plaintiffs-only relief for finally liquidated entries: case-specific orders directing CBP to reliquidate (without IEEPA duties) plaintiffs' entries liquidated more than 80 days ago. Non-filers are not covered by these orders.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "cape-phase-3",
        "litigation"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/cit-reliquidation-orders-ieepa-phase-3-july-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-10",
      "title": "CBP: $86.3B in IEEPA refunds repaid; June largest month at $49.1B",
      "summary": "CBP's court declaration put cumulative IEEPA refunds at $86.3 billion repaid (plus statutory interest) out of the ~$166 billion pool — roughly half disbursed.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "cape"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/tariff-refunds-86-billion-paid-june-surge-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "title": "EU-US trade deal takes effect: 15% all-inclusive ceiling; US declines USMCA renewal",
      "summary": "Most EU-origin goods now face a 15% all-inclusive US tariff ceiling replacing the 10% Section 122 surcharge (no stacking; MFN >= 15% pays MFN only; EU steel/aluminum stay at 50% Section 232). The same day, the US declined to renew USMCA at the joint review — the agreement remains in force with 0% preferential treatment and annual reviews, sunsetting July 1, 2036 absent extension.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "eu",
        "trade-deal",
        "usmca",
        "section-232"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-29",
      "title": "CAPE Phase 2 opens (reconciliation + AD/CVD entries)",
      "summary": "CBP's refund portal began accepting reconciliation and AD/CVD-flagged IEEPA entries, unlocking an estimated $28.7B in additional refund capacity.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "cape"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/cape-phase-2-launches-june-29-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-24",
      "title": "CBP publishes rules codifying de minimis suspension; postal informal entry announced",
      "summary": "Interim final rules formally write the $800 de minimis exemption out of the regulations (postal and non-postal) and establish the new postal informal entry process effective July 24, 2026.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "de-minimis",
        "postal",
        "consumer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-20",
      "title": "CAPE refund portal opens (Phase 1)",
      "summary": "CBP's Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries portal began accepting IEEPA refund declarations for unliquidated entries and entries within 80 days of liquidation.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "refunds",
        "cape"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-24",
      "title": "Section 122 10% global baseline takes effect",
      "summary": "A flat 10% tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 replaced the struck-down IEEPA reciprocal tariffs for most countries, subject to the statute's 150-day limit.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-122"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-20",
      "title": "Supreme Court strikes down IEEPA tariffs (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump)",
      "summary": "The Supreme Court ruled the 2025 IEEPA reciprocal tariffs unlawful, ordering refunds of roughly $166 billion collected from ~330,000 importers between April 2025 and February 2026.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa",
        "scotus",
        "refunds"
      ],
      "link": "https://www.tariffstool.com/guides/supreme-court-strikes-down-tariffs-february-2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-10-01",
      "title": "Section 232 semiconductor tariff (25%) takes effect",
      "summary": "A 25% Section 232 duty on foreign-made semiconductors (HTS chapters 8541/8542) took effect under Proclamation 10921, with carve-outs tied to qualifying US fabs.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "section-232",
        "semiconductors"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-08-29",
      "title": "De minimis exemption suspended for all countries",
      "summary": "The $800 duty-free threshold ended for commercial imports from all origins, extending the May 2025 China/Hong Kong suspension worldwide.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "de-minimis",
        "consumer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-05-02",
      "title": "De minimis exemption suspended for China and Hong Kong",
      "summary": "The $800 duty-free threshold ended for shipments from China and Hong Kong — the first step in the de minimis wind-down that reshaped consumer imports.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "de-minimis",
        "china",
        "consumer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-04-05",
      "title": "IEEPA reciprocal tariffs take effect",
      "summary": "Country-specific reciprocal tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act began applying to most US imports — later ruled unlawful and refunded.",
      "status": "effective",
      "tags": [
        "ieepa"
      ]
    }
  ]
}