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International Trade Law
USTR Extends Section 301 Tariff Exclusions, Set to Open Up Public Docket for Comment
As the four-year review of Section 301 duties continues, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) stated last week that the Biden administration will be extending tariff exclusions through…
SmarTrade
USTR Again Extends Certain China Section 301 Product Exclusions
By Scott E. Diamond**, Aaron C. Mandelbaum, David M. Schwartz, Samir D. Varma
On December 29, 2023, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register notice further extending certain China-related Section 301 product exclusions through May 31, 2024. This action extends…
International Trade Law
Customs ruling of the Week- Country of Origin of Battery Modules and Battery Packs and the Applicability of Certain Trade Remedies Under Section 301
By Simeon Yerokun, Emily Devereaux
Main Idea: Feeling positive about your country of origin determination? CBP’s decision on battery modules and packs confirms the importance of understanding the complexity of the substantial transformation rules. In…
SmarTrade
U.S. Tin Mill Products Industry Files Petitions Seeking Trade Remedies For Imports From Eight Countries
By David M. Schwartz, Michelle Li, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
In multiple petitions filed on January 18, 2023, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (collectively, “the Petitioners”)…
China Law Blog
New AD/CVD Petition – Tin Mill Products from Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, S. Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, U.Kingdom
By Adams Lee
On January 18, 2023, Cleveland Cliffs Inc. and the United Steelworkers Union filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions against U.S. imports of certain tin- and chromium-coated steel sheet…
SmarTrade
USTR Extends Termination Date for Certain Chinese Products Subject to Section 301 Tariff Exclusions
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz, Samir D. Varma
On December 16, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released a Federal Register notice announcing that it was extending the termination date -- from December 31, 2022…
International Trade Insights
USTR Releases Draft Questionnaire for Section 301 Economic Impact Analysis
By Nithya Nagarajan, Jeffrey Neeley
On November 1, 2022, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) released the questionnaire it is requesting interested parties to submit for its consideration related to the economic impact of the…
SmarTrade
USTR Provides Preview of Questions for China Section 301 Four-Year Review
On November 1, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) posted a list of questions interested parties may address in the agency’s ongoing four-year statutory review of the…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
Opportunity for companies to request modifications on USTR’s Section 301 tariffs
By Michael Lowell, Manasi Venkatesh, Lizbeth Rodriguez-Johnson, Justin Angotti, Kirsten Lowell, Ozra Ajizadeh
The USTR issued a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments on the effectiveness of the tariffs in achieving the objectives of Section 301, other actions that could be…
Global Trade Policy Blog
USTR Announces Next Steps in Statutory Four-Year Review of China 301 Tariffs
On October 12, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced it would be seeking public comments regarding the effectiveness of the actions related to the Section 301 investigation…