Tariffs. Customs. Trade Remedies

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Lois Sheng Liu (US)

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On April 2, 2026, President Trump issued a proclamation adjusting imports of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingredients, including active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The action followed an investigation by the Secretary of Commerce under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which the proclamation states concluded that imports of patented pharmaceuticals and related inputs were being imported into the United States in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair…

On May 12, 2025, the White House issued a wide-reaching Executive Order (“EO“) titled “Delivering Most Favored Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients” for the stated purpose of ensuring that American patients will have access to the most-favored-nation (“MFN“) price for prescription drugs and biologics.1  This EO came out about one month after the release of EO No. 14273 titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First” (April 15, 2025) which outlined…