On May 26, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“DOC”) published a Federal Register notice seeking written comments on ways to improve the exclusion process for tariffs and quotas imposed on...more
On February 4, 2020, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) published a final rule establishing a process by which DOC may treat a foreign country's "currency undervaluation" as a countervailable subsidy for purposes of US...more
2/10/2020
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Currency Manipulation ,
Duties ,
Exchange Rates ,
Final Rules ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Public Comment ,
Subsidies ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Undervalue Transfers ,
WTO
On July 10, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to determine whether a Digital Services Tax (DST) recently approved by the...more
7/16/2019
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Digital Services Tax ,
Discrimination ,
France ,
Imports ,
International Tax Issues ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Retroactive Taxes ,
Section 301 ,
USTR ,
WTO
As indicated on May 10, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) today released a draft Federal Register notice proposing additional tariffs on approximately US$ 300 billion worth of goods imported from China ("List...more
5/16/2019
/ Ad Velorum Property Taxes ,
China ,
Economic Injuries ,
Imports ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Statements of Economic Interest ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR