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
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
The U.S. Department of Commerce self-initiated antidumping and countervailing investigations of common alloy aluminum sheet from China on November 28. An accompanying fact sheet estimates dumping margins on the subject...more
On November 2, Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, following months of negotiations between House and Senate Republicans and the Trump Administration, and moving a step...more
As trade ministers kicked-off the fourth round of negotiations to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement in Alexandria, Virginia on October 11, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau traveled to nearby Capitol Hill to...more
Dissatisfied with the inability of high-level talks in August between U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyung-chong to set a clear path forward on renegotiating the 2011...more
On March 31, 2017, President Trump issued two executive orders aimed at enhancing trade enforcement and drilling down on the causes of significant deficits with U.S. trading partners. These orders require: (1) development of...more