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Congress returns next week facing negotiations over the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, with significant export-control and economic-security provisions awaiting resolution.
Delayed member contributions are constraining the World Trade Organization’s 2026 operations, prompting scrutiny of spending priorities, financial oversight and a proposed increase in administrative charges for a program supporting least-developed countries.
CBP’s interim final rule will require foreign importers of record to obtain CTPAT validation or use a CTPAT-validated licensed customs broker for covered formal and informal consumption entries. The rule also narrows eligibility for U.S. importer status, and requires brokers to substantiate clients’ U.S. status.
The Court of International Trade three judge panel considering a challenge to President Trump’s decision to impose Section 301 tariffs on countries for failure to keep products made with forced labor out of their markets is asking the plaintiffs involved to provide lists of the countries whose products they import.
The extension confirms that the Affiliates Rule suspension will continue through January 10, resolving uncertainty over whether it was covered by the extended U.S.–China trade truce. Companies gain two months to strengthen ownership screening and due diligence, but the underlying rule remains intact: BIS has deferred the expanded controls, not withdrawn them.
The midterm elections have set the stage for sustained congressional scrutiny of the Trump administration’s trade policies. Incoming Democratic chairs will gain the means to investigate tariff decisions, sanctions waivers, export licenses and sensitive investments, as well as companies’ dealings with the administration.
But presidential veto power and bipartisan support for restrictions involving China will limit how far Congress can change the underlying policies.
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