UPDATE 10/07/2019 The USTR gave notice that there will be no exclusions for importers of the EU goods subject to the retaliatory tariffs. The effective date of October 18, 2019, is based on the date of entry and not the date of export. So, to avoid the EU tariffs,...
On Thursday, August 1st President Trump announced that on September 1, 2019, he will impose a 10% import tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods (which may potentially rise to 25% in the future). These goods, known commonly as List 4, will include most products...
The Trump administration’s trade war with the European Union may be escalating. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced earlier this week that it is considering adding $4 billion worth of products to an existing list of $21 billion of goods that could be...
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) just announced that applications for exclusion from Section 301 List 3 tariffs will be accepted starting at noon on June 30, 2019. The last day to submit exclusion applications will be September 30, 2019. Exclusions that are...
Much of the talk in the United States is about tariffs that are being imposed on Chinese imports by the U.S. government. However, the Chinese government has been busy with its own set of tariffs on U.S.-origin products. Over the past year, China has imposed tariffs on...
UPDATE: 06/08/19Yesterday evening President Trump called off the tariff on Mexican goods which had been slated to start on Monday, June 10. Original: 05/31/2018President Trump announced yesterday that in an effort to force Mexico to take action on immigration issues,...
In early May, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) increased tariffs to 25% for Chinese products covered by List 3 of the Section 301 investigation. Now that the tariff rate has risen to 25%, the USTR announced that it will be setting up a process to apply for List...
The U.S. Trade Representative is proposing additional tariffs of up to 25 percent on Chinese products covering 3,805 full and partial tariff subheadings with an approximate annual trade value of $300 billion. The proposed list covers essentially all products not...
Update 02/25/2019: President Trump announced yesterday that the U.S. has been making progress in trade talks with China. Therefore, he has decided to delay the increase in tariffs originally set to have taken place on March 2. Posted: 12/04/2018: Over the weekend, a...
Yesterday the White House announced another round of tariffs on Chinese imports which will become effective September 24, 2018. This round of tariffs (referred to as “List 3”) was proposed in July and includes human and animal foods and ingredients, cosmetics, and...
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