On June 21, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") began to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ("UFLPA"), which prohibits the importation of goods produced wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur...more
On June 6, 2022, President Biden announced that the United States would allow solar cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to enter the United States free from antidumping (ADD) and...more
6/9/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Cambodia ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs ,
Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
Malaysia ,
Plastic Solar Cells ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Thailand ,
Trading Suspension ,
Vietnam
On May 3, 2022, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice commencing its quadrennial review of the tariffs imposed on China-origin goods pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of...more
On March 23, 2022, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice reinstating tariff exclusions for 352 categories of products covered by the United States’ Section 301 tariffs on...more
On February 4, 2022, President Biden issued a Proclamation extending the United States' safeguard measure on imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells (whether or not partially or fully assembled into...more
2/10/2022
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Canada ,
Clean Energy ,
Duty Free ,
Energy Sector ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
Tariffs
On July 19, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representative Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced companion bills in the Senate and the House of Representatives that would impose a "border carbon adjustment" ("BCA") fee on imports of...more
The election of Joseph R. Biden as the 46th President of the United States will have important implications for US trade policy and the World Trade Organization. In the four years since his departure as Vice President, US...more
12/21/2020
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Buy America ,
China ,
CPTPP ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
WTO
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted a global safeguard investigation concerning imports of fresh, chilled or frozen blueberries, pursuant to Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, on October 6, 2020. In its...more
On September 30, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the "2020 Order") declaring a national emergency, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (NEA, 50 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.), with respect to the United States'...more
On June 3, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published an interim version of the Uniform Regulations concerning the interpretation, application, and administration of key provisions of the...more
6/16/2020
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Automotive Industry ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Duty Free ,
Foreign Relations ,
Imports ,
NAFTA ,
Steel Industry ,
Trade Relations ,
Transportation Industry ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
On February 4, 2020, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) published a final rule establishing a process by which DOC may treat a foreign country's "currency undervaluation" as a countervailable subsidy for purposes of US...more
2/10/2020
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Currency Manipulation ,
Duties ,
Exchange Rates ,
Final Rules ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Public Comment ,
Subsidies ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Undervalue Transfers ,
WTO
On January 15, 2020, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed "Phase One" of an Economic and Trade Agreement between the United States and China. The Phase One Agreement, which the two sides announced in...more
1/17/2020
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China ,
Currency Exchange ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Exports ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Goods or Services ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
Subsidies ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Transfer Agreements ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States ,
WTO
On October 21, 2019, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released a Federal Register notice inviting interested persons to request the exclusion of particular products from the 15 percent ad valorem tariff...more
On August 23, 2019, China's State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that China will impose additional tariffs ranging from five percent to 10 percent on approximately US$75 billion in annual imports from the United...more
On August 15, 2019, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice formally implementing an additional ten percent tariff on approximately US$300 billion in annual imports from China...more
On August 5, 2019, the US Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") announced that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, "under the auspices of President Trump," has determined that China is a "currency manipulator" pursuant to...more
8/8/2019
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China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Currency Manipulation ,
Exchange Rates ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Monetary Fund ,
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 ,
Secretary of the Treasury ,
Section 3004 ,
Section 701 ,
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act ,
Trade Remedies ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Trade Policies
On July 10, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to determine whether a Digital Services Tax (DST) recently approved by the...more
7/16/2019
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Digital Services Tax ,
Discrimination ,
France ,
Imports ,
International Tax Issues ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Retroactive Taxes ,
Section 301 ,
USTR ,
WTO
On May 30, 2019, President Trump announced his intention to impose an additional tariff of five percent on all goods imported from Mexico beginning June 10, 2019, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...more
On May 17, 2019, the United States announced that it had reached agreements with Canada and Mexico to remove the US tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum products from those countries pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade...more
5/23/2019
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Bilateral Agreements ,
Canada ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration
On May 17, 2019, President Trump issued a Proclamation containing his determinations in the US investigation into the effects of imports of automobiles and automobile parts on the national security of the United States,...more
5/20/2019
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Bilateral Agreements ,
China ,
EU ,
Government Investigations ,
Imports ,
Japan ,
National Security ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Section 232 ,
South Korea ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR
As indicated on May 10, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) today released a draft Federal Register notice proposing additional tariffs on approximately US$ 300 billion worth of goods imported from China ("List...more
5/16/2019
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China ,
Economic Injuries ,
Imports ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Statements of Economic Interest ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
May 10, 2019, the Section 301 tariff rate on approximately US$200 billion worth of "List 3" Chinese imports increased to 25 percent (from the previous rate of 10 percent), after US and Chinese negotiators failed to reach an...more
5/15/2019
/ China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
New Guidance ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
On May 8, 2019, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a draft Federal Register notice increasing the Section 301 tariff rate on approximately US $200 billion worth of "List 3" Chinese imports to 25...more
On May 5, 2019, President Trump announced that he intends to increase the Section 301 tariff rate on approximately US$200 billion worth of "List 3" Chinese imports to 25 percent (from the current rate of 10 percent) beginning...more
On March 29, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, which "highlights significant foreign barriers to U.S....more
4/20/2019
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Annual Assessments ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Brazil ,
Canada ,
China ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Treaties ,
Japan ,
Korea ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Section 232 ,
Subsidies ,
Tariffs ,
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) ,
Trade Remedies ,
Trade Restrictions ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Customs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR