President Donald Trump on April 2, 2025, issued an executive order (EO), "Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade...more
4/4/2025
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China ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Deficit ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) made a determination on Jan. 20, 2025, that China's targeting of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors for dominance is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and...more
3/6/2025
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Imports ,
International Trade ,
Logistics ,
Maritime Transport ,
National Security ,
Ports ,
Section 301 ,
Shipbuilding ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
President Donald Trump on Feb. 1, 2025, issued three executive orders (Tariff EOs) imposing additional duties on Canada, Mexico and China pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (collectively, IEEPA...more
2/6/2025
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China ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Mexico ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
A total of 185 Section 301 exclusion requests for machinery used in domestic manufacturing have been filed as of Dec. 19, 2024. Of those, 136 requests remain open for opposition or support from interested parties or for...more
President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, 2024, announced his intention to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on China, as well as additional 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada. He has not yet indicated which authority...more
12/5/2024
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China ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Mexico ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Under the current de minimis rule, shipments with an aggregate value up to $800 per day per person can be imported free of duties and taxes, except for antidumping and countervailing duties and taxes collected by other...more
9/19/2024
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Biden Administration ,
CAFTA-DR ,
Certification Requirements ,
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Forced Labor ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Health and Safety ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NPRM ,
Popular ,
Section 201 ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Textiles ,
Unfair Competition ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced final modifications concerning the statutory review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Acts,...more
9/17/2024
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China ,
Imports ,
NPRM ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Biden Administration announced on May 14, 2024, the completion of its review of China's trade practices under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The White House announcement maintains current tariffs on Chinese imports...more
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced in a notice issued on May 5, 2022, the commencement of a retrospective investigation of the economic impacts of Section 301 and Section 232 tariffs on the most...more
5/20/2022
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China ,
Comment Period ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Mexico ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a Notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 16, 2021, extending product exclusions for COVID-19-related products covered by USTR's Section 301 investigation into...more
11/18/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
International Harmonization ,
Medical Devices ,
Public Comment ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Time Extensions ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published a Federal Register notice seeking public comments on whether to reinstate 549 previously extended tariff exclusions. If reinstated, exclusions will apply...more
The U.S. Court of International Trade's (CIT) docket is brimming these days, all thanks to importers who have initiated more than 3,500 actions to date challenging the Trump Administration's use of Section 301 of the Trade...more
A lawsuit filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) on Sept. 10, 2020, seeks to upend the Trump Administration's authority to levy and collect certain of the tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a call for comments regarding the possible removal of Section 301 tariffs for medical-care products from China. The request for comments on the easing of Section...more
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a notification on Dec. 12, 2019, informing the public that it was reviewing the action being taken in the Section 301 investigation involving the enforcement of the United...more
1/7/2020
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Airbus ,
Aircraft ,
Aircraft Equipment ,
Boeing ,
Comment Period ,
EU ,
Imports ,
Public Notice ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Subsidies ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR ,
WTO
• The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is conducting an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the digital services tax (DST) bill recently approved by the French Parliament.
• Under...more
7/26/2019
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Digital Services Tax ,
Discrimination ,
France ,
International Tax Issues ,
Investigations ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Retroactive Taxes ,
Section 301 ,
Tax Policy ,
USTR ,
WTO
President Donald Trump announced on June 15, 2018, that the United States would implement a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of goods from China "that contain industrially significant technologies." The imposition of...more
6/19/2018
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Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR