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International Trade Insights
USTR Announces New List of Excluded Products
By Nithya Nagarajan, Turner Kim, Camron Greer
On October 24, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) granted exclusions for 83 specific HTS numbers which are currently subject to 25 percent Section 301 tariffs…
SmarTrade
USTR Announces Additional List 3 Product Exclusions from Section 301 Tariffs on Certain U.S. Imports of Chinese Products
By Thompson Hine International Trade
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced today more Section 301 tariff exclusions for certain imported Chinese products appearing on List 3. These products have been subject to…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
USTR Announces Section 301 Exclusion Process for List 4A Products
By Jennifer E. McCadney, Maggie Crosswy
On October 18, the United States Trade Representative announced an exclusion process for products included on China Section 301 List 4A, which covers $300 billion of imports. Imported products on…
Global Policy Watch
ITC Issues Notice for Petitions for the 2019 Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Cycle”
With the recent plethora of new tariff measures aimed at imports of steel, aluminum, solar panels, aircraft, and a wide array of products from China, tariffs are affecting the bottom…
International Trade Insights
USTR Announces Start Date for Section 301 List 4 Exclusion Process
By Nithya Nagarajan, Cortney Morgan, Turner Kim
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that starting on October 31, 2019, the exclusion process for Chinese imports subject to List 4 Section 301 tariffs of 15% will…
International Trade Insights
U.S. Levies Tariffs on E.U. Imports over World Trade Organization’s Airbus Decision
By Nithya Nagarajan, Camron Greer
The U.S. is set to levy 25% tariffs on imports of specified European foods in response to the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) decision on October 2, 2019, that the European…
Global Trade Law Blog
A Low-Key Way to Eliminate Thousands in Import Duties: Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Duty Suspension
By J. Scott Maberry, Lisa Mays
On Friday, October 11, 2019, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) opened the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) “duty suspension” process. That process allows companies to petition for suspensions and reductions…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
“Phase One” Agreement Between the United States and China Reached
By Paul Rosenthal, Matthew Pereira
On Friday, October 11, 2019, President Trump announced that a “phase one” agreement had been reached with China. Most notably, the U.S. agreed to suspend its plan to increase tariffs…
International Trade Insights
ITC Opens Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Process; Petitions Due by December 10, 2019
By Cortney Morgan, Nithya Nagarajan, Robert Stang, Turner Kim
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced on October 11, 2019 the opening of its system for accepting petitions for tariff relief under the American Competitiveness Act of 2016 (commonly…
International Trade Law
Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Portal Launches: Petitioners Must File by December 10
On October 11, 2019, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) formally launched the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Portal for the 2019 cycle. On the same day, the Commission published…