On June 13, 2019, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice of product exclusions [Docket No. USTR–2018–0001] from the safeguard measure on imports of certain solar products imposed on January 23, 2018, by the President imposed pursuant to a Section 201 investigation. On February 14, 2018, USTR established a procedure to request product-specific exclusions from application of the safeguard measure. On September 19, 2018, USTR granted certain…
On May 31, 2019, USTR posted a notice stating that USTR will post a Federal Register notice that extends the amount of time certain goods exported from China have to enter the United States before they will be subject to an additional tariff increase from 10 percent to 25 percent. On June 10, 2019, USTR published the Federal Register notice extending the time for covered products that were exported from China to the United States…
On June 10, 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), US Department of Commerce, published in the Federal Register an interim final rule [Docket No. 180227217–8217–03] that changes the process for requesting exclusions from the duties and quantitative limitations on imports of aluminum and steel discussed in two Commerce interim final rules implementing the exclusion process authorized by the President as part of the action he took to adjust imports under Section 232 of…
On June 3, 2019, an advance copy of a Federal Register notice from the US Trade Representative (USTR) to be published on June 4, was made available for public inspection. The notice announces USTR’s determination to grant additional exclusion requests, as specified in the Annex to the notice. USTR will continue to issue decisions on pending requests on a periodic basis.
On May 31, 2019, US Trade Representative (USTR) posted a notice stating that USTR will post a Federal Register notice that extends the amount of time certain goods exported from China have to enter the United States before they will be subject to an additional tariff increase from 10 percent to 25 percent. Covered products that were exported from China to the United States prior to May 10, 2019 will remain subject to an additional…
On May 31, 2019, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notice of intent to distribute for Fiscal Year 2019, pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, assessed antidumping or countervailing duties (known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset) for Fiscal Year 2019 in connection with countervailing duty orders, antidumping duty orders, or findings under the Antidumping Act of 1921. This document provides the instructions…
On May 19, 2019, President Trump signed Proclamation 9893 of May 19, 2019 on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States (published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2019) and Proclamation 9894 of May 19, 2019 on Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States (published in the Federal Registeron May 21, 2019), which remove the 10% duties on aluminum and 25% duties on steel for goods originating in Canada and Mexico, while…
On May 20, 2019, the Department of Finance announced that effective today, Canada is lifting its retaliatory countermeasures against the U.S. When the United States imposed unjustified tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, the Government of Canada stood up for our country’s steel and aluminum workers, industries, and communities – imposing reciprocal, dollar-for-dollar countermeasures against imports of steel, aluminum, and other products from the U.S., to encourage the full removal of the U.S. tariffs. “Canada stood firm…
On May 20, 2019, the Diario Oficial published a Decree, signed by President López Obrador, which modifies the earlier Decree (published on June 5, 2018) setting the applicable duty rate for goods originating in the United States and the Decree establishing various Sectoral Promotion Programs. The Decree repeals Articles 1, 2 and 9 of the June 5, 2018 Decree and removes the duties imposed by Mexico in retaliation for steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on…
On May 17, 2019, the US Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket Number USTR–2019–0004] that was made available as an advance copy on May 13, beginning the process of imposing additional duties of up to 25% on all remaining imports from China (i.e., List 4). According to the notice, “[i]n light of China’s failure to meaningfully address the acts, policies, and practices that are subject to this investigation and…