Hailed as a “new chapter” in the bilateral trade relationship between the U.S. and the European Union (EU), both sides announced on Tuesday during a U.S.-EU summit in Brussels that a deal was reached to suspend (for five...more
Viewed by many as a crucial step in the Biden administration’s effort to “rebuild” the trade relationship with traditional U.S. allies in Europe, on March 4, 2021, the United States and the United Kingdom announced a...more
On March 5, 2021, the United States and the European Union announced a four-month suspension of tariffs emanating from the decades-long trans-Atlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies. The move comes just one day after a the...more
In a Federal Register Notice published on February 12, 2021, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that U.S. tariffs on certain European Union (EU) products — all of which relate to the decades-long...more
With less than three weeks remaining before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, the Trump administration launched the latest salvo in the decades-long trans-Atlantic dispute...more
With less than 50 days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the European Union has — in hopes of, in part, curing bilateral trade tensions and “unilateral tendencies” that have recently tested the United...more
In the latest phase of the 16-year trans-Atlantic dispute over government subsidies to The Boeing Company and Airbus SE, on October 26, 2020, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) authorized the...more
In response to an ongoing trade dispute between the United States and the European Union (EU), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is considering adding additional products to the existing list of EU imported...more
On May 1, 2020, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 13920, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System.” The EO declares that threats to the bulk-power system by foreign adversaries constitute a national...more
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved U.S. duties on $7.5 billion in products from the European Union (EU) after ruling that the EU had unfairly subsidized the production of large civil aircraft, such as those...more
10/4/2019
/ Aircraft Equipment ,
Aviation Industry ,
EU ,
Foreign-Made Goods ,
Imports ,
Member State ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Subsidies ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR ,
WTO
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has initiated a Section 301 investigation regarding the Digital Services Tax (DST) proposed by the French government, which would impose a three percent additional tax on certain companies...more
7/19/2019
/ Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services Tax ,
Discrimination ,
France ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Tax Issues ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Retroactive Taxes ,
Section 301 ,
USTR ,
WTO