On September 13, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the text of a Federal Register notice explaining the final modifications that will be made as a result of the statutory four-year review of...more
9/16/2024
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On August 15, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published an information collection request (ICR) with respect to its proposal, first announced in May, to allow importers to request temporary exclusions...more
In a highly significant decision on March 17, 2023, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an opinion upholding the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) imposition in 2018 and 2019 of a third...more
On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the process by which it will conduct a much anticipated statutory review of the necessity of the Section 301 tariffs applicable to...more
On September 2, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced its intention to conduct the second phase of a review of the necessity of tariffs imposed on certain Chinese-origin goods pursuant to Section...more
On August 1, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) filed remand results with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) in a major litigation over the lawfulness of import duties levied on Chinese goods...more
On May 5, 2022, the U.S. International Trade Commission (the ITC) issued a draft Federal Register notice detailing the schedule for a new general fact-finding investigation into the economic impact of Section 232 and Section...more
On May 3, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a process for considering the extension of the Section 301 tariffs against Chinese goods, pursuant to a provision of Section 301 of the Trade Act of...more
Over the past four years, the United States has levied special tariffs on a wide variety of imports under Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
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4/29/2022
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On April 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a decision in a major litigation regarding the legality of certain import duties imposed on Chinese-origin goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more
On March 23, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) posted a draft Federal Register notice announcing the reinstatement of 352 separate product-specific exclusions from the Section 301 tariffs on...more
Soon, the United States will update its schedule of import classifications to reflect new, specific classifications for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).
All goods imported into the United States must be declared to U.S....more
On October 5, 2021, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) posted a draft Federal Register notice soliciting comments regarding the reinstatement of certain previously-expired exclusions from the Section 301...more
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai outlined the Biden Administration’s long-awaited U.S.-China trade policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on October 4, 2021....more
On Friday, August 27, 2021, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative published a notice in the Federal Register, requesting comments on whether to extend exclusions from Section 301 tariffs as to specific goods needed for...more
On Thursday, May 28, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed, 91 to 4, Amendment 1562 (the Trade Act of 2021) to Senator Schumer’s China competitiveness bill, Senate Bill 1260. The amendment, sponsored by Senator Mike Crapo (R-IN),...more
In June 2021, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will likely announce its decision on tariffs authorized by Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, on certain imports from Austria, India,...more
On October 2, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced its initiation of separate investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam’s trade with the United States....more