Executive Order
#14198 -- (Imposing Duties Southern Border) (Feb. 3, 2025) – 14198 (Progress on Southern Border), 14227 (Amendment to Duties Southern Border) , and 14232 (Amendments Illicit Drugs Southern Border)
Highlights
25 % tariff announced (EO 14194), delayed (14198), softened for autos (14227), and partly waived for USMCA-compliant goods (~38 %) (14232). Mexico protests but hasn’t struck back.
Key Compliance/Risk Cue
Despite the tariffs, nearshoring in Mexico remains a viable strategy.
Litigation Snapshot
EO 14194: three main suits are now on the books against EO 14194’s Mexico tariffs
V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump (CIT No. 25-00066, consolidated with State of Oregon v. DHS No. 25-00077)
Importers plus 12 states attacked EO 14194 (and its Canadian/Chinese twins).
Outcome: Court of International Trade permanently enjoined the order nationwide on May 28, 2025; the Federal Circuit entered a temporary stay the next day while the appeal proceeds. On August 29, 2025, the Federal Circuit found that the IEEPA did not clearly authorize broad, wartime-style tariff measures as seen in various EOs, such as EO#14256, in particular. On Sept. 9, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert. on September 9, 2025, to review federal appellate court rulings that found President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers.
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (D.D.C. No. 1:25-01248)
Two educational-toy companies won a district-court injunction on May 29 that bars enforcement of the Mexican tariff against them; the government’s appeal is pending and the judge kept the case in D.C. rather than sending it to the CIT.
Barnes v. United States (CIT No. 25-00043)
A pro-se importer’s challenge was dismissed for lack of standing on May 23 2025.