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Section 232 Tariffs
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SmarTrade
Mexico Prepares Additional Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Products
By Thompson Hine International Trade
On March 6, 2019, during a meeting of the Foreign Trade Commission of the Mexican Senate, Luz Maria de la Mora-Sanchez, Foreign Trade Undersecretary of Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, announced…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Trump Issues 2019 Trade Agenda: China, USMCA, WTO Reform, and More
The Trump Administration has issued its 2019 trade policy agenda in a several hundred page report to the Congress. The report covers a broad range of trade topics, many of…
SmarTrade
Government Accountability Office to Review Section 232 National Security Tariff Exclusion Request Process
By Thompson Hine International Trade
With growing congressional and business concerns over the backlog of Section 232 product exclusion requests and the lack of transparency in the review and decision-making processes of the Department of…
International Trade Insights
Commerce Announces New and Improved Section 232 Product Exclusion Process
By Nithya Nagarajan, Jeffrey Neeley, Beau Jackson, Katherine Stubblefield
On September 7, 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), announced a series of significant changes to the current procedures for companies seeking product-specific exclusions…
SmarTrade
House Committee Holds Hearing on Effects of Tariff Increases on U.S. Economy and Jobs
By Thompson Hine International Trade
On April 12, 2018, the House of Representatives' Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing to explore the effects on the U.S. economy and jobs of the tariff increases…
Global Policy Watch
China Raises Tariffs on 128 U.S. Imports in Retaliation for U.S. Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
The Chinese government has announced that it is raising tariff duties on 128 products imported from the United States into China in retaliation for the Trump Administration’s Section 232 tariffs…
International Trade Law
EU Initiates Steel Safeguard Proceeding to Protect Against Trade Diversion Due to U.S. 232 Measure
By Charles De Jager, Cherie Walterman
On March 26, 2018, the European Commission launched a safeguard proceeding against imports into the EU of a wide range of steel products in 26 different categories. Per the Notice of…
International Trade Insights
United States Exempts South Korea from Section 232 Steel Tariffs in Exchange for a Quota?
By Nithya Nagarajan, Stephen Brophy, Jeffrey Neeley
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…
International Trade Insights
President Exempts Countries from Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, Makes Product Exclusions Retroactive
By Jeffrey Neeley, Nithya Nagarajan, Stephen Brophy
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…
International Trade Law Compass
Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Product-Specific Exclusions
On March 19, 2018, the Department of Commerce published procedures for product-specific exclusions from the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum products, and has begun to accept exclusion requests. …