Executive Actions Tracker

Executive orders, proclamations and memoranda from Jan 20, 2025 onward, with AI-assisted summaries, tagging and litigation tracking.

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  • ProclamationApr 29, 2025
    Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States

    This proclamation amends Proclamation 10908 (Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States) by creating an import adjustment offset against section 232 automobile parts tariffs for manufacturers that perform final assembly in the United States, equal to 3.75 percent of aggregate MSRP for automobiles assembled from April 3, 2025 through April 30, 2026, and 2.5 percent for those assembled from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027, capped at each manufacturer's parts tariff liability. It directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an application process within 30 days, requiring manufacturers to submit production projections, tariff cost documentation, importer-of-record designations, and a senior-officer certification under penalty of perjury, and authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection to administer the offsets and assess maximum penalties for excess claims.

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  • EO 14289Apr 29, 2025
    Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles

    This EO updates prior tariff executive action so that the tariffs do not have a cumulative effect of “stacking” on one another.

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    Amended
  • EO 14272Apr 15, 2025
    Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products

    This EO directs a Section 232 investigation to determine the effects on national security of imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products, including the impact on domestic production.

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  • EO 14259Apr 8, 2025
    Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's Republic of China

    Increases HTSUS in Executive Order 14257 from 34% to 84% and de minimis tariff from 30% to 90%.

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  • EO 14256Apr 2, 2025
    Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports

    This EO imposes ad valorem and specific duties on low-value products (at or under $800) from PRC that would typically fall under the de minimis exception.

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    Revoked
  • EO 14257Apr 2, 2025
    Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits

    An additional 10% ad valorem duty is imposed on all imports, with higher rates for certain countries as specified in Annex I. The 10% duty applies to imports starting April 5, 2025, with specific country rates from April 9, 2025. Certain goods, including steel, aluminum, automobiles and automobile parts, copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber, certain critical minerals, and energy and energy products, are exempt (full list in Annex II). All good originating from Canada and Mexico that that do not qualify as originating under USMCA are subject to additional ad valorem duties of 25 percent, with energy or energy resources and potash imported from Canada and not qualifying as originating under USMCA presently subject to the lower additional ad valorem duty of 10 percent.

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  • ProclamationMar 26, 2025
    Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States

    This proclamation finds, under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, that imports of automobiles and certain automobile parts continue to threaten to impair U.S. national security, and imposes a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on articles listed in Annex I, effective April 3, 2025 for automobiles and no later than May 3, 2025 for automobile parts. Importers of USMCA-qualifying automobiles may seek Secretary of Commerce approval to apply the tariff only to non-U.S. content, with retroactive full-value tariffs if U.S. content is overstated. The Secretary of Commerce must establish a process within 90 days for adding automobile parts to the tariff's scope, including at the request of domestic producers, and shall continue monitoring imports; no drawback is available.

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  • EO 14245Mar 24, 2025
    Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil

    This EO finds that the actions and policies of the regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the US. On or after April 2, 2025, a tariff of 25 percent may be imposed on all goods imported into the US from any country that imports Venezuelan oil, whether directly from Venezuela or indirectly through third parties. Duties imposed by this order will be supplemental to duties on imports already imposed pursuant to IEEPA, section 232 of the Trade Expansion of 1962, section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, or any other authority. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, DHS, and the United States Trade Representative, is hereby authorized to determine whether the tariff of 25 percent will be imposed on goods from any country that imports Venezuelan oil, directly or indirectly, on or after April 2, 2025. Once imposed on a country at the Secretary of State’s discretion, the tariff of 25 percent shall expire 1 year after the last date on which the country imported Venezuelan oil, or at an earlier date if the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Treasury, DHS, and the United States Trade Representative, so determines at his/her discretion.

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  • EO 14226Mar 2, 2025
    Amendment to Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border

    This EO further amends Executive Order 14193 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border), as amended by Executive Order 14197 of February 3, 2025 (Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border), to include: Duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 for otherwise eligible covered articles described in subsection (a) and subsection (b). Further, this duty free de minimis treatment shall not be available for such otherwise eligible covered articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect tariff revenue for covered articles otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.

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  • EO 14223Mar 1, 2025
    Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products

    This EO states that it is the policy of the US to ensure reliable, secure, and resilient domestic supply chains of timber, lumber, and their derivative products. Further, the US must explore whether subsidies and foreign government support for foreign timber, lumber, and their derivative products necessitates action under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to evaluate the impact on national security. This EO directs the Secretary of Commerce to initiate an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to determine the effects on the national security of imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products. Further, The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other relevant agencies to evaluate the national security risks associated with imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products and submit a report to the President.

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  • MemorandumFeb 21, 2025
    America First Investment Policy: U.S. Foreign Investment Policy Evolves under Trump 2.0

    This memo outlines a variety of policies that will further American investment particularly in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, while safeguarding national security, including the following: The U.S. aims to be a top destination for investment, benefiting from allied and partner contributions; Limitations will be placed on foreign investments in critical sectors unless investors are verifiably independent from adversaries like the PRC; A streamlined process will be created to encourage investments from allies in U.S. advanced technology; Expedited environmental reviews for investments over $1 billion; New rules will prevent PRC-affiliated entities from acquiring critical American businesses and assets; Strengthening CFIUS to restrict adversary investments in strategic sectors and technologies; Encouraging non-controlling foreign investments that do not affect national security; Using legal tools to prevent U.S. investments in the PRC's military-industrial sector; Considering restrictions on U.S. investments in strategic sectors in the PRC; Evaluating the suspension of the 1984 U.S.-PRC Income Tax Convention to encourage domestic investment; Ensuring foreign companies meet auditing standards, reviewing structures limiting investor rights, and upholding fiduciary standards. The agencies are directed to implement the above policy as appropriate.

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  • MemorandumFeb 13, 2025
    Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs

    This memorandum establishes the "Fair and Reciprocal Plan", under which the Administration will determine the equivalent of a reciprocal tariff for each foreign trading partner by examining tariffs, discriminatory taxes such as value-added taxes, nontariff barriers, exchange-rate practices, and other non-reciprocal arrangements. After the agency reports required by the America First Trade Policy Memorandum are submitted, the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with other officials, must investigate harms from non-reciprocal trade arrangements and report proposed remedies to the President. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must deliver a written assessment of fiscal and information-collection impacts within 180 days of February 13, 2025.

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  • ProclamationFeb 10, 2025
    Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States

    This proclamation terminates the alternative agreements, quotas, and exemptions previously granted under the Section 232 steel tariff program to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU member countries, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine, so that as of March 12, 2025, all imports of steel articles and derivative steel articles from all countries are subject to the 25 percent ad valorem tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9705 and Proclamation 9980. It expands the tariff to additional derivative steel articles listed in Annex I, except those made from steel melted and poured in the United States, and terminates the product exclusion process, effective immediately, with existing general approved exclusions ending March 12, 2025. The Secretary of Commerce must establish a process within 90 days for adding derivative steel articles to the tariff's scope, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection is directed to prioritize classification reviews and assess maximum penalties for misclassification, with no duty drawback available.

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  • ProclamationFeb 10, 2025
    Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States

    This proclamation increases the section 232 tariff on imports of aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles from 10 percent to 25 percent ad valorem, effective March 12, 2025. It terminates the alternative arrangements with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, subjecting imports from those countries to the tariff, and ends the product exclusion process administered by the Secretary of Commerce. It extends the tariff to additional derivative aluminum articles, directs the Secretary to establish a process within 90 days for adding further derivatives, requires importers to report aluminum content to CBP, and prohibits duty drawback.

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  • EO 14198Feb 3, 2025
    Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border

    This EO pauses the EO issued on 2/1/25, Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border, until 3/4/25. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and continue to assess the situation.

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  • EO 14193Feb 1, 2025
    Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border

    This EO expands the scope of the national emergency declared under Proclamation 10886 to include the failure of Canada to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), other drug and human traffickers, criminals, and drugs. Further, a 25% ad valorem rate of duty is imposed on all products of Canada, beginning 2/4/25, except for goods entered for consumption. There is also an exception for energy resources, which are subject to a 10% ad valorem rate of duty (not 25%). The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTSUS) to effect this order. The tariff does not apply to products eligible for admission under "domestic status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.43. Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to consult regularly with Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security regarding the situation on the northern border. Secretary of Homeland Security must consult with Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce and AG to adopt rules and regulations to enforce this EO. All agencies shall take appropriate action to enforce this EO.

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    Amended
  • EO 14194Feb 1, 2025
    Imposing Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border

    This EO expands the scope of the national emergency declared under Proclamation 10886 to include the failure of Mexico to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), other drug and human traffickers, criminals, and illicit drugs. Further, a 25% ad valorem rate of duty is imposed on all products of Mexico, beginning 2/4/25, except for goods entered for consumption. The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTSUS) to effect this order. The tariff does not apply to products eligible for admission under "domestic status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.43. Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to consult regularly with Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security regarding the situation on the southern border. Secretary of Homeland Security must consult with Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce and AG to adopt rules and regulations to enforce this EO. All agencies shall take appropriate action to enforce this EO.

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    Amended
  • EO 14195Feb 1, 2025
    Imposing Duties To Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China

    This EO expands the scope of the national emergency declared under Proclamation 10886 to include the failure of the PRC to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept chemical precursor suppliers, money launderers, other transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), criminals, and drugs. Further, a 10% ad valorem rate of duty is imposed on all products of PRC, beginning 2/4/25, except for goods entered for consumption. The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTSUS) to effect this order. The tariff does not apply to products eligible for admission under "domestic status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.43. Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to consult regularly with Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security regarding the PRC. Secretary of Homeland Security must consult with Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce and AG to adopt rules and regulations to enforce this EO. All agencies shall take appropriate action to enforce this EO.

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    Amended
  • MemorandumJan 20, 2025
    America First Trade Policy

    This memorandum establishes an America First trade policy and directs a series of investigations and reviews by the Secretaries of Commerce, the Treasury, State, Defense, and Homeland Security, the United States Trade Representative, and other officials, covering trade deficits, a potential External Revenue Service, unfair foreign trade practices, the USMCA, currency manipulation, antidumping and countervailing duty rules, the de minimis exemption, PRC trade compliance and Section 301 tariffs, export controls, outbound investment restrictions under EO 14105, and steel and aluminum import measures. Resulting findings and recommendations are due to the President in unified reports by April 1, 2025, except an OMB procurement assessment due April 30, 2025.

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