Topic
Section 201
16 published works
International Trade Insights
Weekly Update: Week of October 12
By Stephen Brophy, Moushami Joshi
CBP Extends Entry Type 13 Implementation Date On October 14, 2026, CBP announced that it was extending the compliance date for the new informal entry procedures for international mail from…
International Trade Law
Goods Subject to Tariffs May Lose 321 De Minimis Treatment in Proposed Rulemaking
By John Brew, Maria Vanikiotis, Ivy Xun
On January 21, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make goods subject to tariffs under Sections 232, 201, and 301 ineligible…
International Trade Law
CBP Proposes Rule Imposing Greater Regulation of De Minimis Imports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning the de minimis exemption under 19 U.S.C. § 1321 (Section 321). Currently, the de minimis exemption allows…
Renewable Energy Outlook
Section 201 Tariffs on Solar Cells Extended
By Michael J. Walsh Jr, Jeffery R. Atkin
On February 4, 2022, the White House announced that President Biden extended for another four years the Section 201 tariffs on imported crystalline silicon solar panels. The president raised the…
SmarTrade
U.S. International Trade Commission Terminates Section 201 Global Safeguard Investigation of Blueberry Imports
On February 11, 2021, in a unanimous 5-0 vote, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) terminated its Section 201 global safeguard investigation of U.S. blueberry imports, determining that increased imports…
SmarTrade
USTR Requests Initiation of ITC Section 201 Global Safeguard Investigation into Blueberry Imports
On September 29, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) requested that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) initiate a Section 201 global safeguard investigation into “the extent…
Capital Thinking
Next Up on the Trump Administration’s Tariffs Radar – Produce Imports
On September 1, the Office of the US Trade Representative, working with the Departments of Commerce (DOC) and of Agriculture (USDA), announced a number of actions aimed at supporting domestic…
The Trade Practitioner
Trump Officials to Probe Produce Imports, Raising the Risk for More Tariffs in 2020
On September 1, the Office of the US Trade Representative, working with the Departments of Commerce (DOC) and of Agriculture (USDA), announced a number of actions aimed at supporting domestic…
SmarTrade
Trump Administration Reduces Turkey’s Section 232 Tariffs from 50 to 25 Percent, Removes Turkey from GSP Program and Subjects Turkey to Section 201 Safeguard Measures
By Thompson Hine International Trade
On May 16, 2019, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation reducing Section 232 tariffs on steel imports from Turkey from 50 percent to 25 percent, which had been in effect…
International Trade Insights
Petition Summary: Section 201 Global Safeguard Investigation on Bicycles
By Katherine Stubblefield, Stephen Brophy
On Thursday, October 18, Petitioners Bicycle Corporation of America (“BCA”) and Detroit Bikes filed a petition for global safeguards on imports of certain assembled bicycles. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION The…