Executive Order 14228

Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China

Signed 2025-03-03 in effect
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Escalates China tariff rates.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Background

Prior determination found China's failure to act against fentanyl flow to U.S. constitutes unusual and extraordinary national security threat. Ad valorem tariffs were imposed on Chinese articles. China has not taken adequate steps to alleviate the drug crisis.

Sec. 2 Amendment

Section 2(a) of Executive Order 14195 amended to increase tariff rate from 10 percent to 20 percent on Chinese articles in response to China's failure to cooperate.

Sec. 3 General Provisions

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.