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Which Clubs Do You Belong to? Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in a World That Is Getting Clubbier

A few weeks ago, The Economist published an excellent article that drew a contrast between the trade protectionism dominating U.S. politics and the more proactive trade agendas being pursued by other countries, such as the...more

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USTR Releases the Results Of Its Four-Year Review Of China Section 301 Tariffs

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The existing Section 301 duties will continue, with tariff increases on $18 billion of Chinese imports in strategic sectors (to be implemented by forthcoming regulations following a notice and comment process) - On May 14,...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Braumiller Law Group - June 2023 Newsletter

The Trade Act of 1974 grants the President broad powers to manage trade relationships with foreign countries. Section 301 of the act allows the President, acting through the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”), to...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

U.S. Trade Representative Releases 2023 Special 301 Report

On April 26th, Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2023 Special 301 Report.  In a press release, the USTR stated that "[i]nnovation and creativity are at the heart of American...more

Bennett Jones LLP

U.S. Steel And Aluminium Tariffs Ruled WTO-Inconsistent But U.S. Refuses To Remove The Measures Citing National Security Concerns

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U.S. import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium imposed in 2018 on products from most countries, including Canada (until Canada negotiated their withdrawal in the context of the United...more

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U.S. and EU have reached a settlement regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum products

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The U.S. and the EU have announced a settlement regarding the U.S. Section 232 duties on European steel and aluminum products. As part of that settlement, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced that the 25...more

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US trade: Conclusion

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Most of the potential complications and outcomes outlined above were not considered by the US Congress and other WTO members, which previously considered only conventional businesses competing among themselves when drafting...more

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Opportunities and Risks For Benefit Corporations in US Trade Proceedings

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Due to their unique operating principles, stakeholder-capitalism businesses and benefit corporations can face different challenges and opportunities under various areas of US law that regulate competition. In...more

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House Republicans Introduce Bill to Renew 2015 Trade Promotion Authority Law and Establish New Negotiating Objectives for...

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On July 27, Reps. John Joyce (R-PA) and Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced legislation that would establish new US trade negotiating objectives for the pharmaceutical sector, in the context of a broader renewal of the trade...more

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USTR Tai Takes Control of Trump Tariffs: Some Section 301 Tariffs Suspended and Others May Be Implemented on Six Countries With...

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USTR is soliciting comments and has scheduled hearings regarding the potential imposition of Section 301 tariffs of up to 25% in response to the Digital Services Tax adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the...more

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Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Duties Litigation Shifts Into High Gear

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As we pass the three-year mark since the 25 percent duties on steel imports and the 10 percent duties on aluminum imports pursuant to Section 232 were first imposed by Presidential Proclamation 9705, legal challenges are...more

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Katherine Tai Confirmed As United States Trade Representative

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On March 18, 2021, Katherine Tai was confirmed as the U.S. Trade Representative. Tai will be the first woman of color in this role. Tai’s nomination hearing focused on a worker and labor-centric trade policy as well as...more

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Trade Ties Between the U.S. and EU Are Tested — EU Presses Ahead With Tariffs up to $4B on U.S. Goods and Services

In the latest phase of the 16-year trans-Atlantic dispute over government subsidies to The Boeing Company and Airbus SE, on October 26, 2020, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) authorized the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.14.2020 | Top Story: WTO Allows EU to Impose $4B in Tariffs Over U.S. Boeing Subsidies

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The WTO—already on shaky ground with the White House—did little to endear itself on Tuesday with a decision giving the EU “permission to impose tariffs on $4 billion worth of American products annually in retaliation for...more

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Trade Relations and Top Trade Priorities Around the Globe

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The day after the first US Presidential Debate, WLG hosted a webinar on Top Trade Priorities and Global Trade Relations. Among other topics, panelists discussed how the upcoming US Presidential election could impact global...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.16.2020 | Top Story: WTO Finds U.S.’s 2018 Tariffs on China Broke Trade Rules

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A World Trade Organization panel on Tuesday declared that the U.S.’s 2018 tariffs on China “violated international trade rules,” siding with China and its allegations that the White House’s trade war broke, among other...more

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Bennett Jones Spring 2020 Economic Outlook

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The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the most severe economic shock since the Great Depression. Despite massive intervention by central banks and governments, real output in the advanced economies likely fell in mere weeks by...more

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Is a Shakeup Still Imminent for U.S. Domestic Sourcing?

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Following a February 18, 2020 blog post, Jeff Belkin, Mike Mortorano, and MJ Kim explain in Contract Management Magazine how a recent Federal Circuit decision and possible U.S. withdrawal from the World Trade Organization’s...more

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Implications of the CARES Act for International Trade

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On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the purpose of which is to provide emergency assistance and health care responses for individuals,...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.17.2020 | Top Story: Senate Passes USMCA by Wide Margin to Update NAFTA

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While there’s plenty of other business afoot in D.C. these days, it also happens to have been a pretty big week for trade deals. A day after Phase One with China was inked, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a revised...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2020: International Trade

With almost three years behind President Donald Trump to launch, negotiate, and complete his most ambitious trade initiatives, 2020 may come to be seen as the first year that the Trump era in trade policy was fully in place....more

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U.S. Considers Expansion of Tariffs in Aircraft Trade Dispute

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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

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US reliance on Section 232 tariffs threatens international trade system

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 23 (December 12, 2019) - United States President Donald Trump tweeted in the early morning of December 2 that he would “restore the Tariffs on all Steel & Aluminum that is shipped...more

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[Podcast] US-China Trade War – What Business Needs to Know

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

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Financial Daily Dose 12.10.2019 | Top Story: Remembering Influential Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker

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Some remembrances upon the passing of influential former Fed Chair Paul Volcker, a force in American economic policy for nearly 60 years who led “the Federal Reserve’s brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the late...more

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