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Tariffs
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International Trade Insights
U.S. Trade Representative Releases Section 301 Review, Announces Increases in Section 301 Duties for Select Products, and Indicates that Existing Exclusions are Scheduled to Expire on May 31
By Daniel Wilson, Cortney Morgan, Jamie Shookman, Nithya Nagarajan
As previewed over the course of the last month, the Biden Administration has announced that intends to increase Section 301 tariff rates for a host of products, including critical minerals…
BuildSmart
Another Day on the Solar Coaster: Coalition of Domestic Module Manufacturers Seeks Imposition of Additional Duties Against Imported Photovoltaic Cells
On April 24, 2024, a coalition of domestic solar module manufacturers filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD Petition) with the U.S. Department of Commerce…
Capital Thinking
US ITC to Investigate Global Rice Trade
By D. Michael Kaye, David Stewart, Ludmilla Kasulke
In a February 5, 2024 letter to the US International Trade Commission (ITC), US House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (Republican-Missouri) requested that the ITC conduct…
SmarTrade
EU Suspends Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Imports and U.S. Extends TRQs on Imports of EU Steel and Aluminum as Bilateral Negotiations Continue
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz
The temporary trade truce between the United States and European Union (EU) will continue after the EU issued a press release on December 19, 2023 announcing the customs union would…
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 Insights
Section 301 Exclusion Update
On December 26, 2023, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that it will further extend 352 reinstated exclusions and 77 COVID-related exclusions to duties imposed on goods from China pursuant to…
China Law Blog
How to Reduce Your China Manufacturing Risks, NOW
By Dan Harris
China Manufacturing Risks Are at Level 11 Making products in China is much more complex than it was five years ago, due to these factors: 1. The U.S. tariffs have…
Oregon Whistleblower’s Blog
Fraud is … creating two sets of invoices.
We make some things—computers, couches, cauliflower—in this country, and we’re making more things in this country, but we still import many things, perhaps most things, from abroad. When we import…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Upholds PJM Tariff Changes to Planning of Asset Management and End of Life Projects
By Steven G. Boughton, Elizabeth McCormick
On November 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied petitions challenging FERC’s approval of recent changes to the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s…
International Trade Law
USTR Further Extends Section 301 Tariff Exclusions to Allow More Time for Four-Year Review
By John Brew
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced on September 6, 2023 the further extension of 352 reinstated exclusions and 77 COVID-related exclusions from the Section 301 tariffs…