On November 13, 2023, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators published a letter to Acting Commissioner Troy Miller of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) calling for an increase in CBP enforcement activity targeting...more
On September 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the Office of the U.S....more
On June 30, 2023, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released its first report on the economic impact of the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) automotive rules of origin. Rules of origin (ROOs) are used to...more
Legislation Will Block Imports Linked to Human Rights Abuses in China On December 16, 2021, Congress passed H.R. 6256, known as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). The UFLPA establishes a rebuttable presumption...more
The push for publicly traded companies to disclose information on climate risks has made its way into a number of legislative proposals, including a comprehensive bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives....more
On July 13, 2021, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued an updated Advisory on supply-chain risks for U.S. businesses whose...more
Last Friday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) issued lists of products from six countries that may be subject to additional 25 percent tariffs. The proposed product lists identified by USTR are...more
On March 10, 2021, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published an extension of the COVID-19 related medical-care and response product exclusions from Section 301 duties covering imports from China. The agency...more
On December 2, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) will begin detaining shipments of cotton-containing products from China, based on the concern...more
The WTO has given final approval for the EU to impose tariffs on at least $4 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation over illegal aid in connection with the Boeing/Airbus aircraft dispute. The EU has set a target date of...more
Importers of vinyl flooring filed a case at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) on September 10, challenging the Administration’s application of tariffs on products from China on Lists 3 and 4 pursuant to USTR’s...more
On July 10, USTR published a notice of action in the Section 301 investigation of France’s digital services tax announcing the imposition of additional 25 percent duties on certain products from France covering an estimated...more
In response to growing calls of concern from the business community, Members of Congress and even from some within the Administration, President Trump issued an Executive Order on April 19 authorizing temporary relief of the...more
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, USTR issued a Federal Register Notice requesting public comments on the possibility of removing the application of China Section 301 duties from medical care products, including inputs...more
At the end of 2019, more than 4,000 petitions were filed with the International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking the temporary elimination or reduction of tariffs on products ranging from chemical manufacturing inputs to...more
On October 18, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced an exclusion process for products included on China Section 301 List 4A, which covers approximately $120 billion of imports. Imported products on...more
First Set of Exclusions Set to Expire December 28, 2019 -
On October 28, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced plans to begin considering extensions of up to one year for certain...more
On October 18, the United States Trade Representative announced an exclusion process for products included on China Section 301 List 4A, which covers $300 billion of imports. Imported products on this list are presently...more
On October 11, 2019, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) officially began accepting petitions to suspend/reduce tariffs under a process commonly known as the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill or MTB process. Under this...more
On October 15, 2019, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) will begin accepting a new round of petitions to suspend/reduce tariffs under a process commonly known as the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill or MTB process. Under...more
On January 29, USTR Ambassador Lighthizer delivered to Congress a list describing changes to U.S. laws that would be required to fulfill obligations agreed to under the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). ...more
The results of Tuesday's election will bring sweeping changes to Washington, D.C. To help you evaluate these changes and understand their potential implications on your business practices, Kelley Drye's Government Relations &...more
H.R. 4318 - the latest iteration of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) - was signed into law by President Trump on September 13, 2018. The signing is the culmination of a nearly two year process to identify “nuisance”...more
On July 10, 2018, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced it was initiating the process of imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports as a supplemental action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. USTR’s...more
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On Friday, July 6, 2018, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a process for U.S. interests to obtain product-specific exclusions from tariffs on Chinese imports as a result of the U.S....more