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President Trump Announces Three New Section 232 Investigations After Suspending Reciprocal Tariffs, Excluding Certain Electronics,...

The Trump Administration has formally launched three separate national security investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 including on: 1) imports of semiconductors (including downstream electronic...more

President Trump Suspends Most Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days, While Significantly Increasing Tariffs on China

On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (Reciprocal Tariffs EO) imposing a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on nearly all US trading partners, effective April 5, and an additional reciprocal tariff on...more

President Trump Announces Significant Reciprocal Tariffs and Elimination of De Minimis Exemption

On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (the Reciprocal Tariffs Executive Order or Executive Order) imposing a 10% baseline reciprocal tariff on nearly all U.S. trading partners, effective April 5,...more

Fact Sheet: Trump March 4 Trade Actions on Canada, Mexico, China

On February 1, President Trump issued two Executive Orders (EOs) announcing the imposition of a 25% tariff on products of Canada (10% on energy products) and Mexico, effective February 4. On February 3, the President...more

The US and China Trade Opening Barbs

On February 1, 2025, the Trump Administration announced that it would impose tariffs on imports of certain goods from Canada, Mexico and China, to be effective February 4, 2025. Although the Trump Administration reached...more

Post-Election Trade Strategy for Businesses: Understanding the Landscape

President-elect Trump’s election victory has renewed the focus on international trade as a top-line concern for corporate executives. During the campaign, the president-elect expressed support for tariffs and other trade...more

USTR Issues Federal Register Notice on New Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Products and Machinery Exclusion Process

On May 22, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register notice that provides additional information on the new or increased tariffs on select Chinese-origin products that USTR previously...more

USTR Announces New Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Products

On May 14, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it is proposing to add or increase tariffs on select Chinese-origin products in “strategic sectors,” pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more

China Tariffs: USTR Announces Opportunity to Comment

On October 17, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice requesting public comments on Section 301 tariffs on products from China. This request is part of USTR’s statutory four-year review of the...more

USTR Initiates Four-Year Review of Section 301 Tariffs on Products of China

On May 5, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice initiating a statutorily-mandated “four-year review” of the Section 301 tariffs that USTR has imposed on a wide range of...more

Biden Administration Announces Steps to Strengthen Critical Supply Chains

On June 8, the Biden Administration released reports on the supply chain reviews directed under Executive Order (E.O.) 14017, “America’s Supply Chains,” detailing key findings and next steps to strengthen the resilience of...more

COVID-19: USTR Taking Steps to Modify Section 301 Tariffs in Response to Coronavirus Crisis

On March 20, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it was opening a docket to consider additional modifications to tariffs being imposed on China-origin medical-care products...more

USTR Launches Section 301 Probe of France's Digital Services Tax

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced on July 10 the initiation of an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into France’s digital services tax (“DST”). The French Senate...more

USTR Announces Process for Filing Product-Specific Exclusion Requests for "List 3" of Chinese Products Subject to Section 301...

On June 24, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice outlining the process by which US stakeholders may request product-specific exclusions for the third tranche of Chinese products...more

USTR Releases List 4 of Chinese Products Potentially Subject to Section 301 Duties; China Announces Retaliatory Measures

On May 13, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released another list of Chinese products that may become subject to an additional duty of up to 25% ad valorem, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more

US-China Trade Negotiations After G20

The United States and China are engaged in negotiations that have led to a temporary standstill in the ongoing tariff war, and that may lead to a de-escalation in the months ahead. To date, it is unclear what the United...more

President Announces Section 301 Duties on $200 Billion of Chinese Imports; China Announces Retaliatory Duties; USTR Issues...

On September 17, President Trump announced the imposition of a 10% ad valorem duty on approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The Office of the U.S. Trade...more

The US Tightens Export Controls Targeting China

On August 1, 2018, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Federal Register notice stating that the US government had identified 44 Chinese companies as acting contrary to US national...more

USTR Releases Additional List of Chinese Products Potentially Subject to Section 301 Duties Sets Out Product Exclusion Process

On July 10, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of Chinese products that may become subject to an additional duty of 10% ad valorem, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more

USTR Releases List of Chinese Products to Be Subject to Section 301 Tariffs and China Responds by Implementing Retaliatory Tariffs...

On June 15, both the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced that products imported under certain tariff lines from China and from the United States, respectively,...more

USTR Releases Proposed List of Chinese Products to Be Subject to Section 301 Tariffs

On April 3, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of proposed products that may be subjected to additional tariffs of 25 percent ad valorem, in accordance with President Trump's March 22...more

President Trump Directs Action as a Result of USTR's Section 301 Investigation on China's Laws, Policies, Practices, or Actions...

Yesterday, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum regarding China's technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation-related laws, policies, practices, and actions. The Presidential Memorandum directs the...more

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