The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) made a determination on Jan. 20, 2025, that China's targeting of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors for dominance is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and...more
3/6/2025
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International Trade ,
Logistics ,
Maritime Transport ,
National Security ,
Ports ,
Section 301 ,
Shipbuilding ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Through a presidential proclamation, the Trump Administration on Feb. 10, 2025, announced the reinstatement of a 25 percent tariff on all steel imports and an increase in aluminum tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent. The...more
2/13/2025
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Foreign Policy ,
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International Trade ,
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Steel Industry ,
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Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USTR
A total of 185 Section 301 exclusion requests for machinery used in domestic manufacturing have been filed as of Dec. 19, 2024. Of those, 136 requests remain open for opposition or support from interested parties or for...more
President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, 2024, announced his intention to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on China, as well as additional 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada. He has not yet indicated which authority...more
12/5/2024
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China ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Mexico ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced final modifications concerning the statutory review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Acts,...more
9/17/2024
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China ,
Imports ,
NPRM ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Biden Administration announced on May 14, 2024, the completion of its review of China's trade practices under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The White House announcement maintains current tariffs on Chinese imports...more
Nearshoring is now clearly on the agenda of North American leaders, due in part because of supply chain disruptions derived from COVID-19, the United States' trade tensions with China1 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine....more
2/3/2023
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Free Trade Agreements ,
Mexico ,
Offshoring ,
Outsourcing ,
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Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced in a notice issued on May 5, 2022, the commencement of a retrospective investigation of the economic impacts of Section 301 and Section 232 tariffs on the most...more
5/20/2022
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China ,
Comment Period ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Mexico ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a Notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 16, 2021, extending product exclusions for COVID-19-related products covered by USTR's Section 301 investigation into...more
11/18/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
International Harmonization ,
Medical Devices ,
Public Comment ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Time Extensions ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published a Federal Register notice seeking public comments on whether to reinstate 549 previously extended tariff exclusions. If reinstated, exclusions will apply...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a call for comments regarding the possible removal of Section 301 tariffs for medical-care products from China. The request for comments on the easing of Section...more
There have been several recent developments in trade disputes involving the Trump Administration and the European Union (EU), including an increase by the U.S. Trade Representative in tariffs on new Airbus aircraft and...more
3/5/2020
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Aircraft ,
Boeing ,
Digital Services Tax ,
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European Commission ,
France ,
OECD ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR ,
World Economic Forum ,
WTO
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a notification on Dec. 12, 2019, informing the public that it was reviewing the action being taken in the Section 301 investigation involving the enforcement of the United...more
1/7/2020
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Airbus ,
Aircraft ,
Aircraft Equipment ,
Boeing ,
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EU ,
Imports ,
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Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Subsidies ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR ,
WTO
• The Trump Administration is pushing the World Trade Organization (WTO) to prevent advanced economies such as China from self-declaring as developing countries.
• If there is no progress with the WTO, the United States...more
• The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is conducting an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the digital services tax (DST) bill recently approved by the French Parliament.
• Under...more
7/26/2019
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Digital Services Tax ,
Discrimination ,
France ,
International Tax Issues ,
Investigations ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Retroactive Taxes ,
Section 301 ,
Tax Policy ,
USTR ,
WTO
• The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), pursuant to Section 131 of the Trade Act of 1974, has requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) to obtain public comment pertaining to the possibility of a...more
2/27/2019
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Bilateral Agreements ,
Comment Period ,
Duty Free ,
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Government Shutdown ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Time Extensions ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Relations ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
USTR
President Donald Trump announced on June 15, 2018, that the United States would implement a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of goods from China "that contain industrially significant technologies." The imposition of...more
6/19/2018
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Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
"My Administration will follow two simple rules: Buy American, and hire American.” - President Donald J. Trump. -
Fulfilling a prominent campaign promise, today President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) detailing...more
4/19/2017
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Buy American Act ,
Domestic Hiring Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Trade Agreements Act ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a request for public comment regarding a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute with Argentina. The United States, along with other trading partners such as Japan and...more