U.S. Tariff Timeline

Last updated: 7/21/25

Follow the evolving trade landscape with confidence

We'll highlight key changes as they unfold, helping shippers follow the evolving trade landscape with confidence. Each update is placed in context, making it easier to grasp the bigger picture at a glance.

The U.S. administration has leveraged two key trade law enforcement authorities to impose tariffs in 2025:

  • The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)
    Authorizes the President to "regulate" certain economic transactions, including imports, in response to declared emergencies concerning certain "unusual and extraordinary" threats to national security, foreign policy, or the economy.
  • Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232)
    Authorizes the President to impose import restrictions—such as tariffs—if the Secretary of Commerce determines a product "is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security."

Follow all current reciprocal tariff rates and updates with our U.S. Reciprocal Tariff Tracker.

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Date Authority Country Commodity Description
2/1/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl migration) Canada, China, Mexico All goods; Canadian energy products
  • Tariffs announced for products imported from Canada, Mexico, and China, to go into effect February 4, 2025.
  • Canada: 25% tariff on most goods, 10% tariff on energy products.
  • China: 10% tariff on all goods, de minimis treatment not allowed.
  • Mexico: 25% tariff on all goods.
2/3/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl migration) Canada, Mexico All goods; Canadian energy products
  • The tariffs announced on February 1 for goods imported from Canada and Mexico were paused for 30 days (until March 4, 2025).
2/4/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl migration) China All goods
2/5/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl migration) China All goods
2/10/2025 Section 232 (steel and aluminum) All Steel and aluminum
  • Proclamations issued extending the 25% tariff on steel (including derivatives) to all countries and increasing the 10% tariff to 25% on aluminum (including derivatives), effective March 12, 2025.
3/4/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl migration) Canada, Mexico, China All goods; Canadian energy products
  • Canada/Mexico: 25% tariffs go into effect with 10% tariffs on Canadian oil and energy products.
  • China: 10% tariff on all goods increased to 20%.
3/6/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl migration) Canada, Mexico All goods; Canadian energy products; potash
  • Executive orders and fact sheet issued exempting goods from Canada and Mexico that satisfy USMCA rules of origin requirements.
  • Tariff lowered to 10% for non-qualifying USMCA energy products from Canada and non-qualifying potash from Canada or Mexico.
3/12/2025 Section 232 (steel and aluminum) All Steel and aluminum
  • 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum (including derivatives) imported from all countries go in effect.
3/26/2025 Section 232 (auto and auto parts) All Automobiles and auto parts
  • Proclamation and fact sheet issued imposing 25% tariff on automobiles and certain automobile parts, effective for automobiles on April 3, 2025, and no later than May 3, 2025, for auto parts.
  • Special tariff exemptions for USMCA-compliant auto parts and for the value of US content embedded in autos imported under USMCA.
4/2/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl migration) China All goods
  • White House issues fact sheet and amends executive orders from February 1 and February 5 to end de minimis treatment for low-value shipments from China, effective May 2, 2025.
4/2/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) All (except Canada and Mexico) Most goods
  • 10% baseline tariff announced for most countries, effective April 5, 2025.
  • Country-specific tariffs to go into effect April 9, 2025, for countries listed in Annex 1 of the executive order.
4/3/2025 Section 232 (auto and auto parts) All Automobiles
4/4/2025 Section 232 (steel and aluminum) All Beer and empty aluminum cans
4/5/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) All (except Canada and Mexico) Most goods
4/8/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) China All goods
  • 34% country-specific tariff increased to 84% on all goods from China, effective April 9, 2025.
4/9/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) All (except Canada and Mexico) All goods
  • Country-specific tariffs (except China) paused for 90 days (until July 9, 2025).
  • A 10% tariff applies to most countries.
  • The 84% country-specific tariff on all goods from China increased to 125%, effective April 10, 2025.
4/10/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) China All goods
  • The 125% country-specific tariff on all goods from China in effect.
  • Both the IEEPA fentanyl tariff of 20% and country-specific tariff of 125% apply to all goods imported from China for a total of 145%.
4/11/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) All Semiconductors; smartphones; consumer electronics
  • Memorandum issued excluding certain semiconductors, smartphones, and consumer electronics from the tariffs announced on April 2, 2025.
4/29/2025 IEEPA; Section 232 All All goods; steel and aluminum; auto and auto parts
  • Executive order revising if and how certain tariffs are to be cumulatively applied and outlines a procedure to determine which tariffs are to apply to imports that are subject to multiple tariff actions.
  • Proclamation issued providing a partial credit for auto parts based on the value of a manufacturer’s U.S.-built vehicle.
5/2/2025 IEEPA (fentanyl) China All goods
  • De minimis treatment for all low-value shipments imported from China ends.
5/3/2025 Section 232 (auto and auto parts) All Auto parts
  • 25% tariff on automobiles in effect.
5/12/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) China All goods
  • 125% tariff on goods from China lowered to 10% for a 90-day period (until August 12, 2025), after which time the 10% tariff will increase to 34%.
  • Both the IEEPA fentanyl tariff of 20% and country-specific tariff of 10% apply to all goods imported from China for a total of 30%.
6/4/2025 Section 232 (steel and aluminum) All; United Kingdom Steel and aluminum
6/23/2025 Section 232 (steel and aluminum) All Steel derivative products
7/7/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) All (except Canada and Mexico) All goods
  • 90-day pause extended (to August 1, 2025) on country-specific reciprocal tariffs that were temporarily reduced to 10%
  • 10% tariff on goods from China remains unchanged, set to increase to 34% on August 12, 2025.
8/1/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) All (except Canada and Mexico) All goods
  • 10% country-specific tariff to increase to rates listed in Annex I of the executive order from April 2, 2025.
8/12/2025 IEEPA (reciprocal) China All goods
  • 10% country-specific tariff to increase to 34% for all goods from China.

Our information is compiled from a number of sources that to the best of our knowledge are accurate and correct. It is always the intent of our company to present accurate information. C.H. Robinson accepts no liability or responsibility for the information published herein.

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