On November 1, USTR released a comment form prescribing the submission format for public comments in the “necessity review” process for the Section 301 China tariffs. USTR first announced the public comment phase of the...more
- The Facility-Specific Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRLM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) establishes an entirely new streamlined approach to labor dispute settlement in free trade agreements under...more
In this episode, Akin Gump international trade partner Steve Kho and public law and policy partner Clete Willems discuss the U.S.-China trade war, where it stands and where it may be going.
Among the topics covered:
• The...more
12/12/2019
/ China ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
WTO
At the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) 2019 Public Forum last week—where members of the public, academia and civil society discussed ideas on the theme of “Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World”—a group of 28...more
10/21/2019
/ Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
E-Commerce ,
Information Security ,
Personal Data ,
Public Forum ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
WTO
• The USTR will consider a second list of products, totaling $4 billion in imports, to include in its proposed duties of up to 100 percent ad valorem on EU imports.
• The additional list covers 89 separate 8-digit HTSUS...more
7/5/2019
/ Comment Period ,
EU ,
Imports ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
On Sunday, September 30, President Trump reached an agreement with the governments of Canada and Mexico to revise and modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Publishing the text of the new agreement just...more
10/10/2018
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Aluminum Sales ,
Automotive Industry ,
Canada ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Dairy Farmers ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Exchange Rates ,
Exports ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Relations ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Sunset Provisions ,
Tariffs ,
TPA Agreement ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
On Monday, June 29, 2015, President Obama signed into law a bill renewing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) (H.R. 2146), as well as legislation reauthorizing Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA 2015) and U.S. trade preference...more