Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients into the United States - The White House
EXECUTIVE ORDER - April 2, 2026
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USTR Releases 2026 National Trade Estimate Report - Office of U.S. Trade Representative
WASHINGTON – Today (3/31/26), the Office of the United States Trade Representative submitted the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) to President Trump and Congress. The 2026 NTE details significant foreign trade barriers facing U.S. exports and outlines how the Trump Administration is addressing these non-reciprocal practices to ensure a playing field for American workers.
“President Trump continues to reverse decades of unfair trade practices by using tariffs and brokering deals to open markets abroad while supporting industries and sparking investment at home,” said Ambassador Greer. “This year’s report highlights how the commitments secured in the Agreements on Reciprocal Trade are eliminating long-standing trade barriers and unlocking new markets with hundreds of millions of consumers for U.S. exporters. The Trump Administration will continue to build on the momentum from the past year to address the unfair trade practices detailed in this report and advance the best interests of American workers and their families.”
To read the 2026 NTE, click here.
Background
The NTE is an annual report due to the President and Congress by March 31 of each year. To prepare the NTE, USTR works closely with other government agencies and U.S. embassies and solicits comments from the public through a Federal Register Notice.
The annual report is submitted in accordance with Section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974, as added by Section 303 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 and amended by Section 1304 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, Section 311 of the Uruguay Round Trade Agreements Act, and Section 1202 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
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Federal Register Notices:
• Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions: Lithium Hexafluorophosphate From the People's Republic of China
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Float Glass Products From China and Malaysia; Determinations
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Advance Notification of Sunset Review
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks From China
• Small Vertical Shaft Engines From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews
• Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews
• Chassis and Subassemblies From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews
• Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews
• Mattresses From Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam; Institution of Five-Year Reviews
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List
• Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
• 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
• Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: L-Lysine From China; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Investigations
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Publication of Sanctions Advisory: Guidance on Sham Transactions and Sanctions Evasion - OFAC
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing a sanctions advisory to highlight sanctions risks arising from sham transactions used to evade sanctions and to identify factors to consider when evaluating whether property may be the subject of a sham transaction.
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CBP Officers Seize Commercial Quantity of Insecticide at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge - USCBP
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Laredo Port of Entry this week intercepted a large quantity of insecticide hidden within a vehicle.
On March 18, CBP officers at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge referred a 2015 Dodge Ram 3500 for a secondary examination. During secondary examination, CBP officers conducted further inspection of the vehicle, which included the use of a canine team. Physical inspection led to the discovery of 461.10 kg. (1,016.55 pounds) of the suspected insecticide Amitraz concealed within an external diesel tank in the vehicle.
CBP officers seized the vehicle, tank, and insecticide. Environmental Protection Agency and Homeland Security Investigations special agents initiated a criminal investigation into the seizure.
“Our frontline CBP officers’ continued dedication to the border security mission and their use of available tools and resources resulted in the referral and detection of a commercial quantity of insecticide hidden within a vehicle,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “CBP works hand in glove with other agency partners, to include the EPA, to ensure that all federal laws and regulations are adhered to, including those that govern the importation of powerful chemical compounds like insecticide.”
“Homeland Security Investigations plays a critical role in supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency in investigations involving the unlawful importation of regulated chemicals. HSI special agents work closely with CBP officers to identify, investigate, and disrupt attempts to smuggle commercial quantities of hazardous substances, such as insecticides, into the United States. Our collaborative efforts ensure that those who violate federal laws governing the importation and distribution of chemical compounds are held accountable, and that public safety and environmental standards are upheld,” said acting Special Agent in Charge, John A. Pasciucco, HSI San Antonio.
EPA Criminal Investigation Division was referred information related to the seizure for further investigation.
Lawful importation of Amitraz, a pesticide and acaricide, requires submission of EPA Form 3540-1 (Notice of Arrival) to the EPA before arrival. It must be registered with the EPA, properly labeled, and comply with safety standards. A CBP entry form must be submitted within five days of arrival, and the shipment is subject to CBP inspection.
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FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Warning Letters to CEOs of PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard About Debanking American Consumers - Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson sent letters today to four major financial infrastructure platforms and payment providers reminding them of their obligations to their customers under the FTC Act.
The letters issued to the CEOs of PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard raise concerns about publicly reported examples of financial services companies denying their customers access to services due to their political or religious views.
“Full participation in commerce and public life necessarily requires that law-abiding individuals can access, and freely participate in, our financial system,” Chairman Ferguson wrote.
“It is inconsistent with American values to deny law-abiding individuals the ability to run their legitimate businesses and feed their families because they attracted the ire of rogue American officials, overzealous activists, or, more worryingly, foreign governments seeking to control public discourse,” he continued. “That is why President Trump’s August 7, 2025, Executive Order on debanking makes clear that it is unacceptable to debank law-abiding citizens due to ‘political affiliations, religious beliefs, or lawful business activities.’”
The letters warn the companies that any act or practice to deplatform customers or deny them access to financial products or services, or to facilitate such conduct by other companies, that is inconsistent with their terms of service or a customer’s reasonable expectations may violate the FTC Act and could lead to an FTC investigation and potential enforcement action.
The FTC in recent years has brought numerous enforcement actions against payment infrastructure platforms and related entities for unfair or deceptive practices, including misleading merchants about fees and contract terms and facilitating fraud on consumers, including through the means of card networks.
View all FTC warning letters at ftc.gov/warning-letters.
The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. The FTC will never demand money, make threats, tell you to transfer money, or promise you a prize. You can learn more about consumer topics and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices online at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Follow the FTC on social media, read our blogs and subscribe to press releases for the latest FTC news and resources.
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Treasury Targets Fraud Schemes Exploiting Government Health Care Benefits - U.S. Department of Treasury
Separately Announces Framework to Pay Whistleblowers for Tips
WASHINGTON—Today, in support of President Trump’s pledge to combat fraud, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advisory urging financial institutions to be vigilant about fraud schemes targeting government health care benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. This follows Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent’s trip to Minnesota earlier this year, where he announced numerous steps that Treasury is implementing to detect and stop government benefits fraud across the country. Separately today, FinCEN issued a proposed rule paving the way to pay whistleblowers for actionable tips, further protecting the U.S. financial system from illicit activity.
“President Trump has been clear that Americans have a right to know that their tax dollars are not being used to commit fraud,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Treasury will continue to find and disrupt fraud schemes wherever they exist, and we will work with our law enforcement partners to hold perpetrators to account.”
FinCEN’s Advisory provides financial institutions with an overview of how fraudsters, organized crime groups, and increasingly, transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), are targeting government health care benefit programs. It also highlights money laundering typologies and red flag indicators to help financial institutions identify and report suspicious activity. Today’s Advisory strongly encourages financial institutions to voluntarily report suspicious activity to FinCEN and immediately notify law enforcement of such activity.
Financial institutions filed 20% more suspicious activity reports related to health care in 2025 than in 2024, after President Trump pledged to eliminate fraud nationwide, helping to raise national attention. This reporting, however, likely represents only a small fraction of the illicit activity connected to health care fraud in the United States.
Exposing How Transnational Criminal ORGANIZATIONS Execute Health Care Fraud
FinCEN’s Advisory highlights how TCOs exploit Federal and state health care benefit programs through complex schemes that file false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement, including nonexistent, exploitative, substandard, or unnecessary medical care. As part of these schemes, the TCOs send non-resident aliens into the United States to serve as straw owners of recently established or purchased health care providers or suppliers registered with Federal or state health care benefit programs. The TCOs illicitly obtain the names and identification numbers of beneficiaries enrolled in these programs, using that information to file false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement. This is often facilitated through kickbacks and bribes to complicit medical professionals. Once the claims are paid to the bank accounts owned by the shell companies, the TCOs launder the ill-gotten reimbursements through the U.S. and international financial systems via wire transfers, digital assets, and other money laundering typologies—including the use of complicit insiders at financial institutions—ultimately for their personal enrichment abroad.
Combating fraud, including health care and government benefits fraud, is one of FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) National Priorities. This Advisory supports the Trump Administration’s whole-of-government effort to combat fraud, waste, and abuse involving Federal payments pursuant to Executive Order 14249. The Advisory was issued in close coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG).
FinCEN Unveils Plan to Compensate Whistleblowers in Fight Against Financial Crime
As Secretary Bessent announced in Minnesota, Treasury will pay eligible whistleblowers for actionable tips related to fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations, and certain other national security laws. Today, FinCEN issued a proposed rule to fully implement its whistleblower program, strengthening efforts to protect the U.S. financial system from illicit activity. The rule proposes procedures for whistleblowers to provide information to FinCEN about potential violations. It also sets forth eligibility criteria for issuing awards and adjudicating award applications, as well as protections for whistleblowers that provide information to FinCEN.
Awards to eligible whistleblowers will range from 10 to 30 percent of monetary penalties resulting from qualifying enforcement actions. Payments will be funded by penalties collected under the Bank Secrecy Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act from actions brought by Treasury and the Department of Justice. More information regarding FinCEN’s proposed rule can be found here.
Reporting Health Care Fraud: How to Submit a Tip
In February, FinCEN launched a new dedicated webpage to confidentially accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations. Financial institutions and the public are encouraged to report any tips or complaints about potential fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement involving HHS programs to HHS-OIG. Victims of cyber-enabled health care fraud schemes should file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center or file a report with their nearest FBI field office.
Questions regarding the contents of this Advisory should be sent to the FinCEN Regulatory Support Section by submitting an inquiry at www.fincen.gov/contact.
The full Advisory on Health Care Fraud Schemes Targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Federal and State Health Care Benefit Programs is available at FIN-2026-A001.