The Tariffs Tracker summarizes the status of various tariffs and trade measures that the Trump administration has announced, is implementing, or is actively considering for implementation.
January 6, 2026
- Furniture tariffs: The Administration postponed for one year the previously scheduled January 1, 2026 increases in Section 232 tariffs on upholstered wooden furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities. Existing 25 percent tariffs remain in place through at least January 1, 2027.
- Italian pasta: The Department of Commerce significantly reduced potential antidumping duties on Italian pasta producers after further review, cutting preliminary rates from as high as 91.74 percent to a range of approximately 2.26 percent to 14 percent. Final antidumping determinations are expected in March 2026.
November 18, 2025
- Trump administration reaches tentative trade deals with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Switzerland
- Negotiations between United States and Brazil are ongoing
- Administration suspends “reciprocal” tariffs on certain agricultural products
- United States delays imposition of fees on Chinese vessels
October 31, 2025
- On Thursday, October 30, 2025, the United States and the People’s Republic of China reached agreement on a trade deal at a summit between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- The United States-China agreement comes one day after President Trump also announced a trade deal with the Republic of Korea.
October 28, 2025
- In recent days, the administration of President Donald J. Trump issued several new announcements relating to tariffs and international trade.
- These announcements include a possible breakthrough in trade negotiations with China; other new trade deals with countries in Asia; a common policy framework for critical minerals and rare earths with Japan; increased tariffs on Canada; and the emergence of a possible path for increased cooperation with Brazil.
- The announcements come as President Trump travels to Asia for a trip prioritizing dealmaking in connection with trade issues.
October 21, 2025
In recent days, the administration of President Donald J. Trump has continued to use new tariffs—both announced and previewed—to advance its economic and national security agendas. First, the administration formalized new tariffs and extended certain offset provisions for imports of trucks and buses with the stated goals of bolstering American industry and promoting supply chain resiliency. Second, President Trump announced he would impose new tariffs on imports from Colombia due to the flow of illegal drugs from that country to the United States. Third, the United States Trade Representative proposed a range of measures—including tariffs—as potential responses to address Nicaragua’s alleged labor and human rights abuses and dismantling of the rule of law.
October 14, 2025
- Two key trade measures previously announced by President Donald J. Trump’s administration went into effect today:
- Tariffs on softwood timber and lumber, upholstered wooden furniture, and kitchen cabinetry; and
- Fees targeting certain Chinese vessels and foreign-built vehicle carriers calling on U.S. ports.
- China responded to the port fees by announcing its own fees on U.S.-owned or operated vessels, which also took effect today.
October 2, 2025
- On September 29, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation imposing tariffs on certain wood imports and their derivatives, effective on October 14, 2025.
- The tariffs include (i) a 10% tariff on softwood timber and lumber; (ii) a 25% tariff on upholstered wooden furniture, increasing to 30% on January 1, 2026; and (iii) a 25% tariff on kitchen cabinets and vanities, increasing to 50% on January 1, 2026.
- President Trump also signaled his intention to impose a 100% tariff on films made outside of the United States, but no formal orders or details have been released.
September 26, 2025
- Over the past week, a series of developments occurred in the Trump administration’s efforts to advance its tariffs and trade agenda:
- First, on September 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published notices in the Federal Register requesting public comments in connection with recently commenced investigations into (i) robotics and industrial machinery and their components and (ii) personal protective equipment, medical consumables, and medical equipment, including devices.
- Second, on September 25, 2025, President Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.S. will impose the following tariffs as of October 1, 2025: (i) a 25% tariff on heavy-duty trucks; (ii) a 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities and a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture; and (iii) a 100% tariff on branded or patented pharmaceutical products, unless the company is currently building drug manufacturing plants in the United States.
- Third, on September 25, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision resolving a long-pending challenge to the first Trump administration’s modification of certain tariffs on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
September 9, 2025
The U.S. government announced two developments in its tariff and trade agenda during the past week. First, the president issued an executive order regarding implementation of the U.S.-Japan trade deal announced on July 22, 2025. Second, the president issued an executive order modifying the scope of the reciprocal tariffs first announced in April 2025 and establishing procedures for implementation of trade and security agreements.
September 2, 2025
- DOJ establishes Trade Fraud Task Force to intensify civil and criminal enforcement against tariff evasion and customs fraud, with emphasis on whistleblowers and voluntary disclosures.
- Federal Circuit invalidates IEEPA tariffs, ruling presidential action exceeded statutory authority and reserving tariff power to Congress.
August 22, 2025
The U.S. government announced two key developments in its tariff and trade agenda during the past week. First, on August 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that more than 400 additional steel and aluminum derivative products will be subject to the Trump administration’s existing 50% tariff on steel and aluminum imports. Second, on August 21, 2025, the United States and European Union released a joint statement outlining the details of their trade framework.
August 14, 2025
- On August 11, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order further postponing heightened “reciprocal” tariffs on goods from China until November 10, 2025.
- The August 11 Order is intended to allow time for the United States and China to finalize details of a previously announced preliminary trade deal. It constitutes the second extension for the implementation of higher “reciprocal” tariffs on Chinese goods.
August 7, 2025
On August 7, 2025, the modified “reciprocal” tariff rates that the administration announced on July 31, 2025 went into effect for goods originating from more than 90 different countries. In addition, the day before, President Trump announced tariffs on Indian goods and semiconductors.
August 1, 2025
On July 31, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order imposing new country-specific “reciprocal” tariff rates on more than 90 countries, effective August 7, 2025.
July 28, 2025
President Trump announced that the United States reached a preliminary deal with the European Union, imposing 15% tariffs on European imports. In exchange, the EU will impose no tariffs on imports from the United States, and both sides agreed to drop tariffs to zero on a variety of goods, including aircraft, plane parts, certain chemicals, certain generic drugs, semiconductor equipment and some agricultural products.
July 25, 2025
President Trump announced that the United States reached preliminary trade deals with Indonesia and Japan, although the official documents have not yet been released. Meanwhile, the administration has continued its efforts to prioritize enforcement against tariff evasion and customs fraud, announcing two actions brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) against U.S. companies that engaged in schemes to avoid customs duties.
July 15, 2025
In recent days, President Donald J. Trump sent letters to 11 additional countries announcing pending tariff rates for those countries, to take effect August 1. In addition, the president announced that he will impose “very severe” secondary tariffs of approximately 100% on goods from Russian trading partners if Russia does not reach a peace deal with Ukraine within 50 days.
July 9, 2025
United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that countries that have not reached trade deals with the United States by August 1 will no longer be subject to a pause of the country-specific tariff rates, briefly extending the original 90-day pause on those country-specific rates. Additionally, the administration sent letters setting country-specific tariff rates to 14 countries that have not reached trade deals, which will go into effect on August 1.
June 2, 2025
- Two federal courts, the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) does not authorize the President to impose several recent tariffs.
- Both decisions are temporarily stayed ahead of appeals in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Federal Circuit, respectively.
- The two courts came to opposite conclusions regarding subject matter jurisdiction, teeing up a further question to be resolved in the courts of appeals.
May 13, 2025
In recent days, the Trump Administration has remained active on trade matters, announcing preliminary trade agreements with China and the United Kingdom; allowing the de minimis exemption for tariffs on low-value goods from China to expire; signaling new tariffs on foreign movies; and opening an investigation into imports of aircraft and jet engines.
May 1, 2025
The United States government announced new Commerce Department investigations and other trade-related measures in recent days relating to critical minerals, medium/heavy-duty trucks, automobile parts, and goods subject to multiple recently-imposed tariffs:
- First, on April 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published two notices in the Federal Register announcing investigations and requesting public comments concerning the effects on national security of imported (i) processed critical minerals and their derivative products, and (ii) medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and medium- and heavy-duty truck parts, and their derivative products.
- Second, on April 29, 2025, President Trump issued a proclamation, Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States, providing automakers with an offset for a portion of the 25% tariffs imposed on automobile parts that will come into effect on May 3, 2025. The offsets are available to individual manufacturers on an aggregate basis and will be calculated based on the total value of automobiles that the manufacturer assembles within the United States during specified time periods. This relief to automakers is temporary and will be phased out over the next two years.
- Third, also on April 29, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order, Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles, that addresses the cumulative effects of recent tariffs and sets forth a procedure for determining which tariffs shall apply to articles subject to multiple tariff regimes. The White House announced these measures in part to provide requested relief to automakers from the cumulative effects of recent tariffs.
April 22, 2025
The United States government announced two significant new and proposed trade measures in recent days potentially affecting goods, ships, and equipment originating in Asia:
- First, on April 17, 2025, the U.S. Trade Representative published a notice in the Federal Register (i) imposing fees on Chinese-built and Chinese-owned ships docking in U.S. ports, and (ii) requesting public comment on proposed tariffs on Chinese cargo handling equipment, such as port cranes.
- Second, on April 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced proposed plans to impose tariffs up to 3,521% on solar panels from crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules, which includes solar panels, imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
April 16, 2025
On April 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published two notices in the Federal Register requesting public comments in connection with recently commenced Section 232 investigations into (i) imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and their derivative products and (ii) imports of pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical ingredients, and their derivative products. These notices follow recent statements by U.S. officials signaling their intent to impose new tariffs on such goods. The public has until May 7, 2025 to provide comments.
April 14, 2025
On April 11, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a presidential memorandum exempting smartphones, laptop computers, and some other electronic devices from the 10% baseline and the 125% China-specific “reciprocal” tariffs currently in effect. Among the other electronics included in the exemption were semiconductors, solar cells, flat-panel TV displays, flash drives, memory cards, and solid-state drives used for storing data.
April 10, 2025
On April 9, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an order that paused country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs, instead subjecting all countries except China, Canada, and Mexico to the baseline 10% duties. For Chinese goods, the Order raised “reciprocal” ad valorem duties to 125%.