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The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced this week that the current Section 301 tariff of 15 percent on List 4A Chinese products will be reduced to 7.5 percent as of 12:01 a.m. on February 14, 2020. This reduction, which will be formally published in an upcoming Federal Register notice, covers all HTS subheadings in…

According to recently released U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, the agency has assessed, as a result of tariffs implemented through U.S. government actions under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, approximately $52.9 billion in import duties as of January…

After receiving over 4,000 Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) petitions seeking to temporarily reduce or eliminate tariffs on the import of various goods into the United States (see Trump and Trade Update of October 1, 2019), the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has been posting petitions satisfying the statutory filing criteria on a rolling basis…

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced on December 31, 2019 additional Section 301 tariff exclusions for certain imported Chinese products appearing on List 3. These products have been subject to Section 301 tariffs since September 24, 2018, when President Donald Trump announced additional import duties on Chinese goods with an annual trade…

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on the extension of certain product exclusions it granted in March 2019 in the ongoing trade dispute with China. These exclusions were part of the first round of Section 301 tariffs placed on imports of Chinese goods with…

Playing the role of Scrooge, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), after seeking comments on whether to extend for another year certain product exclusions it granted in December 2018 (see Trump and Trade Update of October 29, 2019), has determined that it will only grant six extensions covering the following Harmonized Tariff…

Pursuant to the December 13, 2019 “Phase One” trade agreement with China (see Trump and Trade Update of December 13, 2019), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register notice today, formally announcing that the Section 301 tariff of 15 percent on certain products from China (List 4B)…

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced additional Section 301 tariff exclusions for certain imported Chinese products appearing on List 3. These products have been subject to Section 301 tariffs since September 24, 2018, when President Donald Trump announced additional import duties on Chinese goods with an annual trade value of approximately…

President Donald Trump has confirmed via Twitter that the United States and China have agreed to a “Phase One Deal.” In this agreement, China will reportedly purchase $200 billion of U.S. products and services over the next two years, including an apparent agreement to purchase $40-50 billion of agricultural goods. In addition, China has agreed…

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has prepared a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on potential enforcement of U.S. retaliatory rights in the long-running World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute between the United States and the European Union (EU) over EU subsidies for large civil aircraft manufacturers. This action stems from an October…