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Section 301 Tariffs Update

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Following last week’s announcement concerning the U.S. Trade Representative’s proposal to add or increase Section 301 ad valorem rates of duty for certain products of China, on May 22, 2024, the USTR issued its highly...more

Dickinson Wright

USTR Releases Section 301 Tariff Specifics and Electric Vehicles Will Be Impacted | 美国贸易办公室发布301条款关税细节;电动汽车将受到影响

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The USTR released more specifics regarding the proposed increase in tariffs on “key sectors.”  The most recent announcement clarifies the actual products impacted, the timing of such tariffs, and an exclusion process for a...more

White & Case LLP

USTR Issues Details of the Proposed Section 301 China Tariff Increases, Seeking Public Input

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On May 22, 2024, the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") unveiled the details of the proposed increases in Section 301 tariffs on imports from China. If adopted, the action would raise tariffs on solar power products,...more

Baker Donelson

Section 301 Review Raises Tariffs in Key Sectors, Keeps Existing Tariffs, and Increases Enforcement

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The Biden administration announced that it will increase tariffs in key product areas, largely focusing on electric vehicles, batteries, solar cells, and supporting industries. This increase in tariffs results from the U.S....more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

USTR Issues Long Awaited Report on the 4-Year Review of the Section 301 Tariffs

On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) published the Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation (“Report”), which addresses the four-year review of China-related tariffs under Section...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Sky’s the Limit – Yet More Section 301 Tariffs on China

The White House at 5 am Tuesday morning in DC released its decision on the new section 301 tariffs. There is a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs effective this year (which is in addition to the usual 2.5% import duty on cars)....more

ArentFox Schiff

Five Hot Button Trade Issues for the Electric Mobility Industry in 2023

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In 2022, rare bipartisan cooperation succeeded in passing much of what Washington had in mind for the electric mobility industry, including billions of dollars in new spending now enshrined in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act...more

Holland & Knight LLP

USTR Continues 4-Year Review of Actions Taken Against China Under Section 301

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The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is accepting public comments through Jan. 17, 2023, on its four-year review of actions taken in the Section 301 investigation against China. Responses can be submitted through the USTR...more

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InterConnect Newsletter - Spring 2022

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Beneficial cargo owners have faced well-reported challenges in recent bid seasons. Two plus years of global pandemic unleashed supply and capacity interruption, carrier lane divergence, and an explosion in rates as well as...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2022: Vietnam Trade, An Overview 2022

I. Trade History between the U.S. and Vietnam - Many factors have contributed to reshaping and redefining Vietnam’s growing dynamic economy, which had once been coined by the United States as an underdeveloped country but...more

ArentFox Schiff

How the USMCA Saves Costs for the Electric Mobility Supply Chain

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In light of the impact of high tariffs on EV inputs under Section 301 and Section 232 measures and the uncertainty of future trade actions, qualification under the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Agreement is more important than...more

Hogan Lovells

Biden Administration Releases First 100-Day Review, Spurring Immediate Actions for US Supply Chains

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Pursuant to Executive Order 14017, issued by President Biden on 24 February 2021, a federal government task force examined the vulnerabilities in America’s supply chains for semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging,...more

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Buy American EO applies domestic preferences for "essential medicines" and "medical countermeasures"

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On August 6, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump issued his much-anticipated "Buy American" Executive Order (EO), intended to increase and support domestic manufacture and Federal government procurement of "essential...more

Dechert LLP

Trump’s Tariff Wars: Mitigating the Risk for Supply Chains

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Throughout his presidency, President Trump has used tariffs – and the threat of tariffs – to address an unprecedented variety of economic and national security threats. As if to underscore the point, on December 2, 2019, the...more

Snell & Wilmer

Understanding the 2018 U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Goods: Developing a Game Plan

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The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) recently announced a new set of tariffs on imports of Chinese goods.1 Companies with global supply chains have been scrambling to understand the impact of the tariffs on...more

Jones Day

Options for Avoiding Section 301 Duties on Chinese-Origin Goods

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The Situation: The U.S. government has imposed additional 25 percent duties on two sets of Chinese-origin goods, will shortly impose additional 10 to 25 percent duties on another set of Chinese-origin goods, and is...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Section 301 and Section 232 Trade Actions: Managing the Impact of New Trade Restrictions

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The first half of 2018 has seen the United States place sweeping import tariffs on steel and aluminum products, and on thousands of Chinese products. In response, China, the European Union, Canada and other countries have...more

Hogan Lovells

USTR Requests Input on Impact of Trade Agreements on Government Procurement

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On August 21, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a request for public comment on the impact of government procurement provisions of U.S. trade...more

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