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Facing Fentanyl, a national coalition of fentanyl awareness organizations working to combat the illicit fentanyl epidemic, filed a petition with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) under [...]

'Number one, I don't need them. I don't need Congress {to impose tariffs}.' - Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania (Sept. 23, 2024) The 2024 U.S. Presidential [...]

On September 13, the Biden-Harris Administration published a fact sheet regarding its intended plans for tackling the exponential increase of shipments claiming the de minimis exemption and calls upon Congress [...]

Earlier this summer, the US steel and aluminum industries urged the Office of the US Trade Representative ('USTR') to use Section 301 tariffs to target alleged transshipments of Chinese exports, [...]

Highlights The Biden Administration announced the completion of a review by the Office of the United States Trade Representative of China's trade practices under Section 301 of the Trade Act [...]

On May 22, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the text of a Federal Register notice detailing the tariff codes to be impacted by the Biden [...]

On May 22, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register notice that provides additional information on the new or increased tariffs on select Chinese-origin products [...]

Key Takeaways: The Biden administration is planning on increasing tariffs on a variety of goods from China including semiconductors, electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, critical minerals, and certain medical products. The [...]

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced he successfully pushed the Biden Administration to investigate Chinas unfair trade practices that undercut American shipbuilding, threaten our national security, and hurt American workers. [...]

U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are pressing the Biden Administration to support Americas solar manufacturing industry. Earlier this month, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock pressed the Biden [...]

U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are pressing the Biden Administration to support Americas solar manufacturing industry. Earlier this month, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock pressed the Biden [...]

On April 26, the Office of the US Trade Representative ('USTR') released its Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement ('the Report'). The Report describes China as a [...]

Nine months after the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect, the Biden Administration shows no signs of easing up on its tenacious enforcement of the Act's import [...]

In a highly significant decision on March 17, 2023, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an opinion upholding the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) imposition [...]

On March 1, 2023, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ('USTR') issued the Biden Administration's 2023 Trade Policy Agenda ('Agenda') and 2022 Annual Report ('Report'). The Report was [...]

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) exempted COVID-related imports from China from 25% duties for certain medical products.In light of changing circumstances, increased domestic production, [...]

The year 2022 saw a substantial increase in export restrictions applicable to China. The U.S. and China are not only in a trade war but there is also an effort [...]

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. Rick Scott (R-Florida), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) today introduced the China Trade Relations Act to strip China of its [...]

This Tuesday, January 17, marked the close for the Office of the United States Trade Representative's (USTR's) comment period for its statutory 4-year review of tariffs imposed on Chinese goods [...]

As part of the visit of the delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Sodik Safoev met with [...]

On October 12, 2022, the Office of the US Trade Representative ('USTR') announced the next steps in their statutory four-year review of the Section 301 tariff program on imports from [...]

As part of its ongoing four-year review of tariffs imposed on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 ('Section 301'), described in our May 26, 2022 [...]

On November 1, 2022, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ('USTR') took the next step in its statutory four-year review of the duties levied on Chinese-origin goods pursuant [...]

On Tuesday (Nov. 1, 2022), the Office of the United States Trade Representative ('USTR') released a preview of its questionnaire seeking comments on the effectiveness and impacts of the additional [...]

On October 17, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice requesting public comments on Section 301 tariffs on products from China.1 This request is part of [...]

The legality of the Section 301 Actions for List 3 ($200 Billion Trade Action) and 4a ($300 Billion Trade Action) continues to be contentiously disputed before the Court of International [...]

I. INTRODUCTION Per 19 U.S.C. § 1337 ('Section 337'), the International Trade Commission ('Commission') can exclude articles that violate the section from importation into the United States, unless effects on [...]

On August 1, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) filed remand results with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) in a major litigation over the lawfulness [...]

Many importers are eagerly awaiting the United States Trade Representative's ('USTR') required four-year review of the Section 301 Chinese tariffs. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 grants the [...]

Executive Summary Our International Trade & Regulatory Group provides an overview of ongoing U.S. tariff actions against China, including related challenges, political implications, and issues going forward. There are four [...]

Manufacturers in the U.S. should take note of a new request for comment from the United States Trade Representative as a lack of support may lead to removal of the [...]

Highlights The U.S. International Trade Commission has opened a retrospective investigation into the economic impacts of Section 301 and Section 232 tariffs on U.S. industry. In July 2022, interested parties [...]

On May 5, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice initiating a statutorily-mandated 'four-year review' of the Section 301 tariffs that USTR has imposed [...]

On May 3, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ('USTR') announced that it is initiating a statutory four-year review of necessity for the tariffs imposed on Chinese imports [...]

U.S. manufacturers should pay close attention to potential changes that could lead to an increase in lower priced competition from China. In 2018 and 2019, the Trump administration placed 25% [...]

On April 1, 2022, the United States Court of International Trade ('CIT' or the 'Court') issued a decision in the Section 301 (China) tariff litigation case. The Court determined that [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 40 of his Senate colleagues recently sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai calling for the Administration to [...]

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai calling for the [...]

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, joined a bipartisan group of Senators led by Tom Carper (D-DE) and [...]

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE) today led 39 of their colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai calling for the [...]

On February 1, 2022, a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) held oral argument in the China Section 301 tariff refund litigation to consider the government [...]

Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced an agreement reached with five countries - Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom - on digital services tax [...]

Uzbekistan should join WTO so that U.S. trade restrictions would be lifted - U.S. ambassador in Tashkent TASHKENT. Feb 7 (Interfax) - The United States will be able to lift [...]

U.S. Plans to Reduce Tariffs On December 18, 2019, the United States Trade Representative ('USTR') officially signaled the first real respite in the ongoing trade war with China by publishing [...]

When it comes to trade, President Donald Trump and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are not scared to chart an uncommon path. The Trump Administration's use of Section 301 of [...]