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The White House signed a June 1 proclamation adjusting Section 232 tariffs on aluminum, steel, and copper, effective June 8 through Dec 31, 2027. Headline rate is 50% on most articles and key derivatives, with a transitional 15% band for metal-intensive industrial and electrical-…
CBP's CAPE refund tool, launched April 20 inside ACE, has now accepted approximately $85B in refund claims and disbursed approximately $20.6B as of late May, across roughly 157,000 CAPE declarations filed by importers (Baker Tilly summary of CBP-published volumes; CBP). Phase 1 c…
USTR initiated the second statutory four-year review of Section 301 China tariffs on May 6, 2026 (Federal Register). For the July 6, 2018 tranche, domestic industries must file petitions to continue the action between May 7 and July 5, 2026; for the August 23, 2018 tranche, the w…
TikTok Shop has rolled out AI Lip-sync Dubbing for shoppable videos, auto-translating creator demos into supported languages with synced mouth movements. Separately, Star Creator badge evaluation moves to a monthly cadence on the 15th starting June 2026 (via SocialBee TikTok upda…
Amazon US notified FBA sellers that from July 8, all imported consumer products regulated by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) must complete electronic filing of a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) or Children's Product Certificate (CPC) before goods arrive a…
