February 2026

Trade policy has always been political. What has changed is the speed. A new executive order. A tariff announcement. A sanctions update. A court decision. A sudden enforcement priority shift. Importers can wake up on Tuesday operating under assumptions that were perfectly reasonable on Monday. The risk is not the rule change itself, but rather […]

In this part two of our three-part article on Section 338, we explore the “imported in a vessel of…” clause. Now that the SCOTUS has struck down the IEEPA tariffs, what can we expect as a reaction from the Administration?  Two words: section 338 (OK, one word and one number.  Sue me.) Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 contains