UFLPA detentions are running at a high, steady baseline and CBP just issued new forced-labor guidance. What a defensible supply-chain file looks like in practice.
USTR has opened its second four-year review of the China Section 301 tariffs. What's actually changing now, what isn't, and the entry-date detail the group chats keep getting wrong.
Base duty, Section 301, and whatever surcharge is live all stack on the same entry. A plain-English view of how the layers combine into the number that actually hits your landed cost.
After the Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs, CBP began processing refunds. Who's owed, and the entry-by-entry paperwork that turns a ruling into a check.
On Feb 20, 2026 the Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs. A 10% Section 122 surcharge replaced them days later. The net: China's ceiling fell sharply — here's the real picture.
USTR ruled China's semiconductor dominance actionable and set new Section 301 tariffs on Chinese chips — at 0% now, rising in 2027. Why the zero is the real story.
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