On September 13, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it has finalized the modifications to the Section 301 trade actions following the completion of its four-year statutory review in May 2024. As...more
9/16/2024
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On May 24, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that 249 products that were eligible for exclusions from 2018 will no longer be eligible for these exclusions, effective June 14, 2024. The original...more
As previewed over the course of the last month, the Biden Administration has announced that intends to increase Section 301 tariff rates for a host of products, including critical minerals used in battery production, and...more
On September 6, 2023, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that it will extend 352 reinstated exclusions and 77 COVID-related exclusions to duties imposed on goods from China pursuant to Section 301 of...more
On June 22, 2023, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States and India reached an agreement to terminate ongoing disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Additionally, India agreed...more
On November 1, 2022, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) released the questionnaire it is requesting interested parties to submit for its consideration related to the economic impact of the Section 301 tariffs....more
July 6, 2022, will mark the four-year anniversary of the institution of Section 301 tariffs against approximately $370 Billion in imports from China into the United States. In light of this anniversary, the Office of the...more
On October 4, 2021, Ambassador Katherine Tai, the United States Trade Representative, addressed the state of U.S.- China trade relations and the upcoming plans for the Biden Administration to improve foreign trade policy....more
10/7/2021
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China ,
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Imports ,
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Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
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Trade Wars ,
Unfair Competition ,
USTR
In Husch Blackwell’s May 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
USTR announced and immediately suspended Section 301 tariffs against Austria,...more
6/10/2021
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Austria ,
CAFC ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Digital Services Tax ,
India ,
International Trade ,
Italy ,
Maritime Transport ,
Ocean Transportation System ,
Section 301 ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Spain ,
Turkey ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK ,
USTR ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
In Husch Blackwell’s March 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•USTR announced the continuation of certain Section 301 digital services taxes...more
4/9/2021
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CAFC ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Digital Services Tax ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Section 201 ,
SEIA ,
Solar Panels ,
Tariffs ,
UK ,
USTR
In Husch Blackwell’s February 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•USITC determined that imports of blueberries do not injure U.S. industry-...more
3/8/2021
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Appellate Courts ,
Autonomy ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Interagency Guidance ,
Investigations ,
Korea ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USITC ,
USTR
In Husch Blackwell’s January 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•CBP issued a region-wide Withhold Release Order against cotton and tomato...more
2/8/2021
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
China ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Services Tax ,
Export Controls ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Sanctions ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USTR ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
In Husch Blackwell’s December 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•USTR announced the first USMCA enforcement action to address Canada’s...more
1/5/2021
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Export Controls ,
Fair Trade Commissions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Sanctions ,
Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) ,
Tariffs ,
UK Brexit ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR
United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the very first enforcement action under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) to address Canada’s tariff-rate quotas (“TRQs”) on imported dairy products,...more
The U.S. International Trade Commission (“USITC”) announced on December 2, 2020 that it would begin monitoring imports of bell peppers and strawberries pursuant to Section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930, following a request...more
In Husch Blackwell’s November 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•The EU imposed tariffs on the U.S. following a WTO decision on Boeing...more
12/2/2020
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Appellate Courts ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Mexico ,
Sudan ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USTR ,
WTO
In Husch Blackwell’s September 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•Husch Blackwell filed complaints at the CIT challenging the substantive and...more
10/2/2020
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Agriculture ,
Imports ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USTR ,
WTO
On September 1, 2020 the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”), Department of Agriculture, and Department of Commerce issued a 32-page report outlining the Trump Administration’s plan to address increased...more
The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) will not stay its order (Ct. No. 19-00009) instructing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to refund importers’ Section 232 tariffs on steel from Turkey. A three-judge panel...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the rescission of Section 232 tariffs on Canadian aluminum, retroactive to September 1, 2020. The 10% tariff on non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum under subheading...more
On September 10, 2020, HMTX Industries LLC, along with Halstead New England Corporation, and Metroflor Corporation (importers of vinyl tile) filed a complaint (Ct. No. 20-00177) at the Court of International Trade (CIT)...more
In Husch Blackwell’s August 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•Commerce proposed modifications to AD/CVD laws to strengthen enforcement
•EU...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced today that it was extending the duty exemptions for only 266 of the 1,035 products on List 3 of the Section 301 tariffs that were scheduled to expire on August 7,...more
In Husch Blackwell’s July 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
•President Trump’s Executive Order ends Hong Kong country of origin
•USTR...more
8/3/2020
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Fair Trade Commissions ,
Hong Kong ,
Huawei ,
National Security ,
Pipelines ,
PRC ,
Russia ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) ,
USTR
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced today that it will extend certain product exclusions scheduled to expire on July 9, 2020 for twelve (12) specific products which were subject to Section 301 List...more