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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced it will extend the currently scheduled expiration date of 352 China 301 tariff exclusions that had been reinstated earlier this year. Instead of expiring on December 31, 2022, the affected exclusions will remain in effect through September 30, 2023. The impacted items, which cover specified items...
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the extension of exclusions for numerous COVID-19 products that are subject to China Section 301 tariffs. The exclusions originally scheduled to expire on November 30, 2022, have been extended until February 28, 2023. The exclusions cover 81 medical care products and were initially granted in December...
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) reinstated 352 product exclusions applicable to certain Chinese-origin goods subject to Section 301 tariffs in a notice published on March 28, 2022. USTR reinstated more than half of previously available exclusions, covering a range of manufactured, mechanical and consumer goods. USTR weighed several factors in assessing whether...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) Tuesday struck at the core of President Trump’s trade war on China, ruling that the tariffs he imposed in 2018 on $234 billion worth of Chinese goods ran afoul of U.S. commitments under global trading rules. The U.S. tariffs against China were authorized under Section 301 of the Trade Act...
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