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Nearly 1500 Responses Submitted to USTR as Part of the Section 301 Four Year Review Process – Is Relief on the Way?
This Tuesday, January 17, marked the close for the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) comment period for its statutory 4-year review of tariffs imposed on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. To-date, the Biden Administration has retained Section 301 tariffs on over $300 billion worth of imports…
USTR extends COVID-related Section 301 tariff exclusions for 81 medical care products
By Daniel Cannistra & Dmitry Bergoltsev on
On Wednesday, November 23, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) extended exclusions from Section 301 tariffs for 81 medical care products from China for a sixth time. The tariff exclusions for these products were initially granted in December 2020 and had been extended multiple times throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The tariff exclusions for…
Commerce Downgrades Russia to Nonmarket Economy Status
By Dmitry Bergoltsev, John Brew & Daniel Cannistra on
Posted in Nonmarket Economy, Russia
On November 10, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced that it has reclassified Russia as a nonmarket economy, meaning that it will no longer treat Russia as a market economy in antidumping (AD) proceedings. This is an unprecedented move because it is the first time that Commerce upgraded a country to market economy…
Lawmakers in Washington propose bill for allowing retroactive GSP benefits
By John Brew & Dmitry Bergoltsev on
On Monday, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed a bipartisan bill aimed at providing relief to U.S. importers who paid tariffs on goods that would have been eligible for preferential treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which expired on December 31, 2020. This bill would retroactively apply preferential treatment to products…
USTR Says China Section 301 Tariffs to Remain in Place
By John Brew, Martín Yerovi & Dmitry Bergoltsev on
Posted in Section 301 Tariffs
On September 2, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that its statutory four-year review of Section 301 tariffs imposed on Chinese goods on July 6 and August 23, 2018 will be extended, with the tariffs remaining in effect while the agency conducts a more comprehensive review of their necessity. USTR stated…
USTR releases remand results on US-China Section 301 Tariffs
By John Brew, Martín Yerovi & Dmitry Bergoltsev on
On Monday, August 1st, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) filed remand results with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), releasing updated explanations for retaliatory tariffs on roughly $300 billion worth of Chinese goods imposed in the midst of the U.S. – China Trade War. USTR filed the remand as…