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Tariffs
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International Trade Law
USTR Initiates Process to Levy Additional Duties on $200 Billion Worth of Chinese Goods
By John Brew, Frances P. Hadfield, Spencer Toubia, Edward Goetz
On July 10, 2018, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer announced that at President Trump’s request, USTR has initiated the process of imposing an additional 10 percent ad valorem duty…
International Trade Insights
USTR Releases List of Chinese Goods Set for $200 Billion in Proposed Tariffs
By Nithya Nagarajan, Jeffrey Neeley
The U.S. Trade Representative is proposing an additional 10 percent tariff on approximately 6,000 8-digit tariff codes estimated to be about $200 billion worth of imports. The USTR has now…
Cov Africa
The 2018 AGOA Forum: A turning point for US-Africa commercial relations?
By Cov Africa
The 2018 AGOA Forum—named for the African Growth and Opportunity Act passed in 2000 and extended three years ago to 2025—could be a turning point in U.S.-African commercial relations. AGOA abolished…
International Trade Law
China Section 301 Exclusion Request Procedures Published in Federal Register
By Frances P. Hadfield, Spencer Toubia, Edward Goetz
On July 11, 2018, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice in the Federal Register explaining the procedures and criteria related to requests for product exclusions from the additional tariffs placed…
SmarTrade
U.S. Trade Representative Announces Product Exclusion Process for China Section 301 Tariffs
By Thompson Hine International Trade
On July 6, 2018, the United States implemented retaliatory tariffs of 25 percent on U.S. imports of approximately 800 Chinese products covering an estimated trade value of $34 billion in…
International Trade Insights
USTR Announces New Process to Request Product Exclusions from Section 301 Tariffs
By Jeffrey Neeley, Stephen Brophy, Nithya Nagarajan, Katherine Stubblefield
On Friday, July 6, 2018, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a process for obtaining product exclusions from the 25% tariffs imposed on certain products imported from…
Canada-U.S. Blog
China 301 Tariffs Took Effect – What Happens Next?
By Su Ross
The U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") issued a press release on July 6, 2018 in which the process companies can use to seek exclusion from the 25% tariff imposed on the…
A Seat at the Table
Impact of China’s Proposed Retaliatory Tariffs on Food Products
On June 15, 2018, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of products imported from China that will be subject to additional tariffs as part…
International Trade Law
USTR Posts Section 301 Exclusion Procedures on Products from China Subject to 25% Duties
By John Brew, Spencer Toubia, Cherie Walterman, Edward Goetz
In a notice published on June 20, 2018, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the imposition of an additional ad valorem duty of 25 percent on products from China classified…
Government Contracts Law
A Scorching Summer for Global Trade (and a few words on the Global Game)
July 6th will mark the entry into force of Section 301 tariffs against China. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 provides the president with the authority to respond to unfair,…