August 29, 2019 – The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released two pre-publication Federal Register notices describing plans to increase by 5% duty of Chinese imports. This increase impacts all previous lists, in addition to the upcoming duties on List 4A and 4B in connection with its ongoing Section 301 dispute with…
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Trump Administration Announces Additional 5% Duty Increase
August 26, 2019 – The Trump Administration announced over the weekend the plan to increase duties on approximately $550 billion worth of Chinese imports by 5%. This is the result of the Chinese Ministry of Finance’s retaliation to the upcoming duties for “List 4A” and “List 4B”. According to the United States Trade Representative (USTR),…
REMINDER: Deadline for “List 3” Exclusions – September 3, 2019
August 8, 2019 – Just a reminder, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is still accepting requests from stakeholders for product exclusions from the additional 25% tariffs in effect on “List 3”. The deadline for submitting List 3 exclusion requests is September 30, 2019. The Trump administration began applying 10% additional duties…
President Trump Announces Target on Chinese Imports
August 2, 2019 – President Trump announces an additional intention to proceed with 10% duties on remaining Chinese imported goods valued at $300 billion. These duties will go into effect on September 1, 2019. In his tweet, he stated: “Our representatives have just returned from China where they had constructive talks having to do with…
Presidents Agree to Continue Talks and Delay Tariffs
July 1, 2019 – President Trump and Chinese President Xi met during the G-20 meeting in Osaka which resulted in agreement to continue negotiations and temporarily halt any release of additional tariffs. The additional tariffs pertain to the infamous “List 4”. There has been no further information on when the next meeting or discussions will…
USTR Releases “List 3” Details for Exclusion Process
June 20, 2019 – The Office of United Trade Representative (USTR) released details about the process on requesting product exclusions from the additional tariffs on “List 3”. As previously shared, China imported products are being targeted for retaliation in connection with the findings of a U.S. “Section 301” investigation. Back in September 2018, the Trump…
USTR Releases Proposed “List 4” for Additional China Imports
May 13, 2019 – Last night, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list, also known as “List 4”, of all good imported from China thus covering almost all remaining Chinese imports. Such list is approximately $300 billion worth of goods which also impose a tariff of up to 25%. Access…
USTR Releases Notice Announcing the Plan to Increase China Import Duties
May 9, 2019 – The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released an official notice regarding its plan to increase from 10% to 25% existing duties on $200 billion worth of imports from China (List 3). The official notice of the Federal Register can be viewed here. The list of products (List…