A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated Trump’s tariffs on June 4, one day after the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Trump exceeded his authority to impose global tariffs.

While he’s still waiting on tariff negotiations from other countries, Trump set a 50% tariff on all aluminum and steel.

Update June 18: Tariff Negotiations

• Steel and aluminum imports from the U.K. will remain at 25% until July 9 following the framework for a sweeping new trade pact.
• US tariffs will be set at 55%, China’s at 10%
• Expect an increase in appliances like dishwashers and dryers

Taxing these materials—used in everything from cars to a can of beans—will have far-reaching effects on many industries, the impact of which may now be difficult to grasp for many business owners and consumers.

Listen to this small business owner who brews beer.

She says, “Aluminum is 25% of the total costs of the product.” They are expecting to share those costs with consumers because she says, “everything is expensive now.”

Inflation in May rises by 2.4% year over year and .1% month over month. Get a quick inflation update.

Your workforce will feel the strain from products that they are accustomed to getting. Everything from cars, sporting equipment, beer, canned goods, to homes, and more. Find out which products are affected.

Trump has imposed a travel ban on 19 countries largely from the Middle East and Africa, following the anti-Semitic attacks in Boulder, Colorado this past week. The administration alleges that these countries are state sponsors of terrorism, have too many citizens who overstay their visas in the U.S., and lack of “appropriate screening and vetting measures.” The ban does not roll back passports already issued, but are restrictive on any new visas issued from these countries.

The 19 countries are:

• Afghanistan
• Burma
• Chad
• Republic of Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Haiti
• Iran
• Libya
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Yemen

Partial Suspension

• Burundi
• Cuba
• Laos
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Turkmenistan
• Venezuela

President Trump said: “We will restore the travel ban, some people call it the Trump travel ban, and keep the radical Islamic terrorists out of our country that was upheld by the Supreme Court.”

This means there is a laser focus on B1/B2 visas, work visas, and other temporary employment-based visas. International employees can be affected, and it’s important to send out lessons learned from Trump’s first travel ban in 2017 to help your employees navigate the road ahead.

Raising the deficit by almost $2.4 trillion has got some Republicans on edge, even though Trump’s bill would continue his tax cuts from 2017. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says Trump’s bill would raise the U.S. debt to a total of $36.2 trillion.

But tariffs have raised $70 billion dollars for the government as of Tuesday. Typically, tariffs are only 2% of the government’s funding. That would almost double with Trump’s new tariff plan, resulting in an estimated $2.8 trillion dollars, which would pay for the Big Beautiful Bill.

Many economists predict the tariffs will cause inflation and a recession. The worst-case scenario is that tariffs will go as quickly as they came with a stroke of Trump’s pen, causing an unstable forecast for many business owners.

The silver lining of the bill’s popularity hinges on the continuation of the tax cuts set in motion by Trump in 2017. Many are worried about a spike in taxes next year if the bill does not pass.

How will they pay for it? Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and an increase in tariffs. There is also talk of Medicare on the chopping block.

Three hundred and thirty migrants were detained in downtown LA after four businesses in Paramount, Los Angeles were raided by ICE on Friday. This was one of the biggest ICE raids to date. It sparked riots from nearby Compton that were met with tear gas, 4,000 national guard troops, 700 marines and local police from California. It is said to have cost the government $134 million dollars despite Governor Newsom’s request for them to stand down.

Some believe the uptick in the response from federal law enforcement helped quell the riots in downtown LA.

But California Mayor Bass says these riots are only isolated to several blocks of downtown LA and the response has been an overreaction. After Bass announced a curfew, things started to calm down as of Tuesday.

ICE workplace raids are still on the rise across the U.S., especially since President Trump increased the quota of detainees from 600 to 3,000/day, and if the Big Beautiful Bill passes, we will see an uptick in immigration crackdowns, as the bill requests funds for more border enforcement.

Keep in mind, you probably won’t know if an employee has friends or family members who are or will be impacted by these swift deportations. It’s important to spread information, even if you employ no undocumented workers.

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