Executive Order 14259: Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's Republic of China

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Background
• Sec. 2. Tariff Increase
• Sec. 3. De Minimis Tariff Increase
• Sec. 4. Implementation
• Sec. 5. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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In Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits), I declared a national emergency arising from conditions reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits, and imposed additional ad valorem duties that I deemed necessary and appropriate to deal with that unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security and economy of the United States. Section 4(b) of Executive Order 14257 provided that ``[s]hould any trading partner retaliate against the United States in response to this action through import duties on U.S. […]

Federal Register notes

See: EO 14256, April 2, 2025; EO 14257, April 2, 2025; EO 14298, May 12, 2025; EO 14334, August 11, 2025; Notice of March 24, 2026 (91 FR 15517)