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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Immediate, 180 days.

The Secretaries of State and Commerce shall submit periodic reports to the President, within 180 days of the date of this order and no less than every 180 days thereafter, assessing the effectiveness of the tariffs described in this order and the ongoing conduct of the Maduro regime (180 days).

No known legal challenges.