Welcome to the May 2025 edition of Plugged In! As tariffs continue to dominate headlines—and create headaches—in the auto world, Mark Heusel and Hezi Wang offer a Tariff Tracker to help businesses navigate the ever-shifting...more
5/19/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
China ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Export Controls ,
Imports ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
International Trade ,
Manufacturers ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
US Trade Policies
Editor’s Note - Welcome to the March 2025 edition of Plugged In! In this edition, we kick off with an article from Mark Heusel on the automotive industry’s most pressing issue right now – tariffs and their sweeping impact....more
3/17/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
China ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Manufacturers ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Tesla ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On September 16, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the final modifications on China 301 tariffs after completing its statutory four-year review in May 2024....more
9/26/2024
/ Aluminum Sales ,
China ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
Section 301 ,
Semiconductors ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The USTR released more specifics regarding the proposed increase in tariffs on “key sectors.” The most recent announcement clarifies the actual products impacted, the timing of such tariffs, and an exclusion process for a...more
5/24/2024
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China ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Imports ,
Manufacturers ,
Section 301 ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
USTR
As we wrote in our publication in March 2023, the United States Customs & Border Protection’s (CBP) expansive powers under the recently enacted Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) were about to lay siege on automotive...more
The U.S.-China Phase One Agreement: Does it still have meaning? As many might still remember, at the beginning of 2020, our DW-China team reported a historic event – the signing of an economic and trade agreement between the...more
The World Trade Organization ("WTO") issued a ruling on Tuesday addressing China's challenge to the United States' imposition of additional ad valorem duties (commonly referred to as “tariffs”) on certain products imported...more
Latest News. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced another round of tariff exclusions for Chinese products from the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs, which went into effect on September 24, 2018, on...more
Dickinson Wright China Update - 31st Edition - As the United States continues to combat COVID-19, the Trump Administration has turned a page in its playbook from solving the problem to finding fault with adversaries of the...more