Ending Certain Tariff Actions
The order terminates all additional ad valorem duties — tariffs based on the value of imported goods — that were imposed under IEEPA across nine prior executive orders targeting Canada, Mexico, China, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Cuba, Iran, and global reciprocal trade partners.
It represents a sweeping, self-executing reversal of tariff actions that had collectively reached most major U.S. trading partners, while explicitly leaving in place the underlying national emergencies, Section 232 tariffs, and Section 301 tariffs.
What this order does
What it orders
The order declares that the additional ad valorem import duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in nine prior executive orders — covering imports from Canada, Mexico, China, Venezuela, and countries subject to global reciprocal tariffs, as well as Brazil, Russia, Cuba, and Iran — shall no longer be in effect and shall no longer be collected as soon as practicable. All executive department and agency heads are directed to immediately take steps to end collection of those duties. The Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security and the U.S. Trade Representative may modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule through Federal Register notice to effectuate the change.
The order narrowly cabins its scope: the national emergencies declared or described in the nine prior orders remain fully intact. Tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 are unaffected, as are a concurrent executive order continuing suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment and a same-day presidential proclamation imposing a temporary import surcharge.
Who it affects
Importers and businesses that have been paying IEEPA-based tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico, China, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Cuba, Iran, and countries subject to the global reciprocal tariff. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which collects duties, is directly affected operationally.
Why it matters
Importers subject to the terminated IEEPA tariffs will stop paying those additional duties as soon as agencies implement the order, potentially lowering costs on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods from major trading partners. The change does not reduce Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs or Section 301 China tariffs already in place.
What must happen and when
How the order is supposed to work
Agency heads must immediately begin implementation; tariff collection ends "as soon as practicable," with no fixed calendar deadline. Commerce, Homeland Security, and USTR may modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — the official list of U.S. import duty rates — via Federal Register notice without additional rulemaking. The underlying national emergencies that originally justified the tariffs remain intact, preserving the legal framework for reimposition. No severability clause or sunset provision is stated.
Actions and deadlines
- All agency heads to begin taking steps to terminate collection of IEEPA ad valorem duties from nine prior orders
- Terminate collection of the additional IEEPA ad valorem duties described in section 1
- Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security, and USTR to determine if Harmonized Tariff Schedule modifications are necessary and make them via Federal Register notice