Trade
Tariff collection runs on bonds and entries
Between a proclamation and a paid duty sit importers, customs brokers, bonds, and a filing rhythm most sellers learn only after their first penalty.
Monica Cummings · April 5, 2026
Trade: Markets and Commerce
Trade examines the rules that govern goods crossing borders: tariff schedules and exclusions, rules of origin, customs classification, export licensing and controls, and the agreements behind them. Explainers work each change through to landed cost on a named product. Useful for sourcing managers, trade counsel and manufacturers with international suppliers.
Trade examines the rules that govern goods crossing borders: tariff schedules and exclusions, rules of origin, customs classification, export licensing and controls, and the agreements behind them. Explainers work each change through to landed cost on a named product. Useful for sourcing managers, trade counsel and manufacturers with international suppliers.
Trade
The de minimis loophole is gone for good
Ending duty-free treatment for small parcels rewired e-commerce logistics — and the customs system is still catching up.
Priya Vaithilingam · March 13, 2026
Trade
How an antidumping case actually works
The most common tariff in America is not presidential at all — it starts with a petition from a domestic industry and runs on a statutory clock.
Priya Vaithilingam · February 18, 2026
Trade
Importers pay tariffs, and then pass them on
The legal payer and the economic payer are different parties, and the pass-through evidence explains who really funds a tariff.
Priya Vaithilingam · January 26, 2026
Trade
How a tariff actually gets set in law
Four statutes produce almost every US tariff, and after the February 2026 court ruling the menu has one fewer item than it had in 2025.
Monica Cummings · January 4, 2026