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Amundsen Davis LLC

Proper Tariff Classification Impact on Business: How to Avoid Misclassification

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Companies that import products into the United States need to understand how to properly classify their products because misclassification can lead to severe financial penalties and increased business costs....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

USTR Opens Section 301 Exclusion Process for Manufacturing Machinery

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has opened a process whereby parties can request exclusions from Section 301 tariffs for imports of certain Chinese-origin machinery used in manufacturing. The launch of this...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs From China and India

On October 29, 2024, a group of three U.S. manufacturers filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China and India. The petitioners are IDC Group,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Are Tariffs the New Ammunition to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis?

On October 18, 2024, Facing Fentanyl, a nonprofit assembly of grassroots illicit fentanyl awareness groups, petitioned the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to double the 25% section 301 China tariffs on Chinese...more

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USTR Announces Long-Awaited Section 301 Exclusion Process for Domestic Manufacturing Machinery

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In a notice published on September 18,Globe 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced 14 temporary exclusions for solar manufacturing equipment and a list of subheadings eligible for consideration of temporary...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Final Increased Tariffs Announced in Response to U.S. Trade Representative Review of Chinese Imports

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On Sept. 13, 2024, following the conclusion of the U.S. trade representative’s (USTR) statutory review of Section 301 tariffs, the Biden administration announced final increases on tariffs on certain Chinese-origin goods....more

King & Spalding

USTR Initiates New Process To Request Exclusions From The Section 301 China Tariffs For “Certain Machinery Used In Domestic...

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Exclusion requests must be filed by March 31, 2025 and granted exclusions would be available through May 31, 2025 - On October 15, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) established an electronic portal...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Petition Summary: Paper File Folders from Cambodia and Sri Lanka

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On October 21, 2024, the Coalition of Domestic Folder Manufacturers which is comprised of Smead Manufacturing Company (“Smead”) and (2) TOPS Products LLC (“TOPS”) (collectively the “Coalition” or “Petitioner”), filed a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

USTR Issues Section 301 Exclusion Procedures for Certain Machinery Used in Domestic Manufacturing

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On October 15, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) began collecting requests for exclusions from Section 301 tariffs for Chinese-made machinery imported for use in domestic manufacturing. As noted in our...more

Venable LLP

USTR Opens Section 301 Exclusion Process for Machinery Used in Domestic Manufacturing

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On Wednesday, October 16, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice announcing that the agency opened an electronic portal for exclusion requests for "Certain Machinery Used...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Understanding the New Steel Import Regulations: What You Need to Know

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In a move to regulate steel imports more stringently, the U.S. government has introduced new requirements that will affect importers of steel and derivative steel products. As of November 21, 2024, importers must comply with...more

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A Guide to U.S. Trade Remedies Laws

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Although no one can predict what U.S. trade policy will be under the next administration, one thing we know for sure is that the Trump Administration’s policies were very muscular with the goal of forcing U.S. companies to...more

Clark Hill PLC

New Trade Case on Imports of Hexamine From Four Countries

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The Petition - Bakelite LLC (“Bakelite” or “Petitioner”), the sole U.S. producer of granular hexamine in the United States filed a petition asking the U.S. government to impose antidumping (“AD”) duties on imports of hexamine...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Petition Summary: Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People’s Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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On October 8, 2024 Genera, Inc., Tellus Products, LLC, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO (“USW”) (collectively, the...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

China and Walmart, Please, for the Love of ____, Let’s Observe a Silver Lining Partnership in an Otherwise Dismal Global Landscape...

At a glance, gauging where we stand in our relationship with China overall, one would assume the key operative word in most descriptions would be “dismal” at best. This is of course accurate to a certain extent but looking at...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

Recent Actions Set Up Frightful Fall for Some Importers of Chinese-Origin Goods

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Just in time for Spooky Season, the Biden Administration announced executive actions related to the much used – and much lamented, depending on who you ask – de minimis exemption, which allows shipments valued at $800 or less...more

Miller Canfield

USTR Finalizes New Section 301 Tariffs

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The United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice detailing its final modifications to the Section 301 tariffs on China-origin products....more

Dickinson Wright

USTR Finalizes Modifications on Section 301 Tariffs

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On September 16, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the final modifications on China 301 tariffs after completing its statutory four-year review in May 2024....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Biden Administration Announces Changes to De Minimis Trade Exemptions to Address Unfair and Unsafe Imports into the United States

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On September 13, 2024, the White House announced that it will take several steps to crack down on use of the “de minimis exemption” for imports of unsafe and unfairly traded goods. The de minimis exemption currently allows...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

USTR Finalizes Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Imports with a Focus on Products from “Strategic Sectors”

On September 13, 2024 USTR announced modifications to the tariffs originally imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to pressure China to eliminate unreasonable policies and practices related to technology transfer...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

USTR Finalizes Section 301 Tariff Modifications Following Four-Year Review

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On September 13, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a Federal Register notice detailing final modifications to Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports following its statutorily mandated four-year review. Key...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

USTR Implements Sweeping Tariff Increases on Chinese Goods, Tightens Trade Enforcement to Protect U.S. Industries

On September 13, 2024, following a statutory four-year review of tariff actions taken by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) pursuant to its Section 301 investigation of China, the USTR announced a series of final...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

Closing the Loophole: Biden Administration Takes Action Against De Minimis Imports from China

On September 12, 2024, the Biden Administration announced a number of new trade-related measures related to imports of Chinese-manufactured goods. This announcement comes as the latest action in the Biden Administration’s...more

White & Case LLP

United States Finalizes Section 301 Tariff Increases on Imports from China

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On September 13, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the final Section 301 tariff increases on imports from China,1 following its original proposal in May 2024. Electric vehicles, electric vehicle...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Biden Administration Finalizes Section 301 Tariff Increases on Some Chinese Goods, Announces Proposed Rules to Limit De minimis...

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On Friday, September 13, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced its final modifications to the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese-origin goods. USTR will keep all of the proposed tariff...more

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