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US Trade Representative Seeks Public Comments in Four-Year Review of Section 301 Tariffs on Products of China

On October 12, 2022, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register notice seeking public comments to inform its ongoing four-year review of the Section 301 tariffs on China-origin goods. Beginning...more

USTR Extends Section 301 Tariff Exclusions for Medical Products; Further Tariff Relief Under Consideration

On May 27, 2022, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice extending Section 301 tariff exclusions for certain China-origin medical products needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic....more

USTR Begins Four-Year Review of Section 301 Tariffs on Products of China

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

President Biden Signs Bills to Suspend Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia, Codify Import Ban on Russian Oil, and...

Co-authored by the Global Sanctions Team On April 7, 2022, the US Congress approved two bills aimed at curtailing trade with Russia and Belarus in response to the situation in Ukraine: President Biden signed both bills into...more

US Trade Representative Reinstates Certain Exclusions from Section 301 Tariffs on Products of China

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

United States to Replace Section 232 Tariff on UK Steel with Tariff-Rate Quota; UK to Eliminate Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods

On March 22, 2022, the United States announced that it will replace its Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum from the United Kingdom (UK) with tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) that will allow "historically-based sustainable...more

President Biden Extends Safeguard Measure on Solar Products for Four Years, Doubles Tariff-Rate Quota for Solar Cells

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

House Republicans Introduce Bill to Renew 2015 Trade Promotion Authority Law and Establish New Negotiating Objectives for...

On July 27, Reps. John Joyce (R-PA) and Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced legislation that would establish new US trade negotiating objectives for the pharmaceutical sector, in the context of a broader renewal of the trade...more

The Role of the US Trade Representative and the Legal Framework for Formulation of US Trade Policy

This report is the first of a series in which White & Case's International Trade Group will examine the Biden administration's trade agenda and the key institutions that shape US trade policy. On February 25, the Senate...more

United States Trade Report Implications of the 2020 Election for US Trade Policy: An Early Look at the Biden Administration’s...

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

United States and China Sign "Phase One" Trade Agreement; USTR Implements Tariff Reduction for "List 4A" Goods

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

USTR Proposes Tariffs on French Goods and Possible Restrictions on Services in Section 301 Investigation of France's Digital...

On December 2, 2019, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced its determination that France's Digital Services Tax (DST) is "unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce" and is...more

US-China Negotiations on "Phase One" Agreement Continue with Little Clarity on Tariffs or Substance

More than one month after President Trump’s announcement that the United States and China had reached a narrow, “Phase One” trade agreement “in principle,” negotiations to finalize the agreement remain incomplete, and...more

Analysis of the US-Japan Trade Agreement

On October 7, 2019, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published the official text of the US-Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA), which will reduce or eliminate tariffs on bilateral trade in certain agricultural and...more

USTR Establishes Product Exclusion Process for Fourth List of China-Origin Goods Subject to Section 301 Tariffs

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

United States and Japan Reach "Agreement in Principle," but Questions and Obstacles Remain

On August 25, 2019, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe jointly announced that the United States and Japan have reached an agreement on core principles of a bilateral trade agreement covering...more

China Announces Retaliatory Tariffs on US$75 Billion in Annual Imports from the United States in Response to Latest Section 301...

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

US Trade Representative Issues Federal Register Notice Implementing “List 4” Tariffs; China Promises Countermeasures

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

President Trump Threatens Tariffs on All Goods Imported from Mexico to Address “Border Crisis”

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

United States Eliminates Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum from Canada and Mexico; Canada and Mexico Eliminate Retaliatory...

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

USTR Proposes Fourth Round of Section 301 Tariffs on $300 Billion Worth of Chinese Imports; China Announces Increased Tariffs on...

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

USTR Indicates Tariffs on Chinese "List 4" Goods Forthcoming; Details Expected on Monday, May 13

Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) this evening announced its intention to apply new tariffs on all remaining China-origin imports, totaling approximately USD 325 billion per year, under Section 301 of the Trade Act...more

United States Increases Section 301 Tariff Rate on "List 3" Goods to 25 percent, Clarifies Treatment of Goods Exported Before May...

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

US Trade Representative Issues Federal Register Notice to Implement May 10th Tariff Increase on “List 3” Chinese Goods; Chinese...

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

President Trump Threatens Section 301 Tariff Increase on “List 3” Goods and Fourth Round of Tariffs Ahead of Bilateral...

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

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