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USTR, DOC, And Department Of Agriculture Issue Plan To Investigate Foreign Imports Of Certain Perishable Produce

On September 1, 2020 the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Department of Agriculture, and Department of Commerce issued a 32-page report outlining the Trump Administration’s plan to address increased...more

CBP Issues Marking Guidance For Goods Produced In Hong Kong

On August 10, 2020, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice that goods produced in Hong Kong will need to be marked as a product of China starting on September 25, 2020. The marking changes are the result of...more

Canada Announces Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S. Imports

On August 7, 2020, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that Canada will be imposing retaliatory tariffs on $2.7 billion worth of U.S. imports in response to President Trump’s decision to re-implement a...more

U.S. And China Reach “Phase One” Agreement To Resolve Trade War

After a long period of negotiation, Vice Minister Wang Shouwen of China’s Commerce Ministry announced on December 13, 2019 that the U.S. and China have agreed to “phase one” of an agreement to bring an end to the trade war...more

President Trump Announces Intent To Withdraw GSP Status For India And Turkey

At the direction of President Trump, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) has announced the United States’ intent to withdraw beneficiary status from India and Turkey under the U.S. Generalized System of...more

Section 301 Proposed Tariffs Increase From 10% to 25%

As previously reported, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a notice proposing an additional 10 percent tariff on approximately 6,000 8-digit tariff codes estimated to cover approximately $200...more

USTR Announces New Process To Request Product Exclusions From Section 301 Tariffs

On Friday, July 6, 2018, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a process for obtaining product exclusions from the 25% tariffs imposed on certain products imported from China. The tariffs went into...more

President Trump Threatens Tariffs On Another $200 Billion Worth Of Chinese Goods

On Monday, June 18, the President released a statement indicating that he had directed the U.S. Trade Representative to identify another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods for additional tariffs at a rate of 10%....more

President Trump Announces Tariffs On Chinese Technology Imports

On Friday, June 15, 2018, President Trump announced that the US would be imposing a 25% tariff on Chinese technology imports. The tariffs were originally proposed on March 22, 2018 as a result of a Section 301 investigation...more

President Continues 232 Exemptions For Certain Countries, Announces Quota On Imports Of Steel From South Korea

On April 30, 2018, the President issued two new Proclamations regarding the 232 tariffs imposed on imports of steel and aluminum articles into the United States. The new Proclamations modify the previous steel and aluminum...more

China Announces New Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S. Goods

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on Sunday that it would be imposing duties on 128 different U.S. products beginning today, April 2. They provided the list of products last week, particularly targeting U.S....more

United States Exempts South Korea From Section 232 Steel Tariffs In Exchange For A Quota?

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it had reached an agreement with South Korea to provide the country with a long term exemption from the 25 percent tariff on steel products imposed by the...more

Congress Renews Generalized System Of Preferences (GSP) With Retroactive Effect

On March 23, 2018, the President signed into law the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018” which, in addition to authorizing certain full-year federal appropriations, also included the renewal for the Generalized System of...more

President Exempts Countries From Steel And Aluminum Tariffs, Makes Product Exclusions Retroactive

Country Exemptions- On March 22, 2018, the President issued new Proclamations temporarily exempting imports from certain countries from the steel and aluminum tariffs that were announced in Proclamations 9704 and 9705 of...more

President Announces Actions Against China For Intellectual Property Practices

On March 22, 2018, the President issued a Presidential Memorandum in which he announced the actions the United States will take in response to China’s allegedly unfair trade practices found by the Office of the United States...more

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