Tag Archives: USTR

A Trade War on Two Fronts: U.S. Considers More Tariffs on European Goods

By Reid Whitten and Sarah Ben-Moussa on July 2, 2020 Posted in Import and Customs

Opening Salvos: The Proposed Tariffs On June 26, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice that it is considering new tariffs on exports such as olives, coffee, beer, gin, and trucks coming into the United States from France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.[1] The list of potential targets also includes various types … Continue Reading

Potential Impact of U.S.-France Trade Tension on U.S. Imports of French Products and Luxury Goods

By Sarah Ben-Moussa, Judith Fiorini and Reid Whitten on February 7, 2020 Posted in Import and Customs

On December 2, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that in response to a digital services tax law passed in France, it would be retaliating with stringent tariffs on luxury products coming from France. The potential tariffs could target up to $2.4 billion worth of French imports into the United States, with duties as … Continue Reading

China Trade War Scorecard: Keeping Track of Tariffs

By Reid Whitten and Julien Blanquart* on August 19, 2019 Posted in Import and Customs

An updated version of this article was posted on January 16, 2020. With round after round of tariffs on Chinese goods, announcements, removals, exclusions, delays, increases and, of course, tweets regarding all of the above, it can be easy to get lost on where, exactly, things stand with respect to Tariffs implemented under Section 301 … Continue Reading

Update from the Trump Trade War Front: Tariffs Will Not Increase March 2*

By Lisa Mays and J. Scott Maberry on March 1, 2019 Posted in Import and Customs

*This is an updated version of the February 21st blog post. Key Takeaways: Many U.S. companies continue to struggle under the burden of President Trump’s tariffs on imports from China. The President has postponed a scheduled March 2, 2019 deadline to increase the tariff rate on many Chinese products from 10 to 25 percent. When … Continue Reading

Five Things You Must Know About Trade Wars

By J. Scott Maberry on April 12, 2018 Posted in Antidumping and Countervailing Duties, Free Trade Agreements (FTA), Import and Customs

On April 3, 2018, President Trump’s U.S. Trade Representative released a list of 1300 categories of Chinese goods that will be subject to 25% tariffs. That followed a tit-for-tat exchange in which President Trump announced a round of steel and aluminum tariffs on March 8, and China announced tariffs on U.S. imports worth around $3 … Continue Reading

Section 301: The Trade Law You May Not Know Well that Could Shock Industries

By Reid Whitten and Julien Blanquart* on August 17, 2017 Posted in Antidumping and Countervailing Duties, Free Trade Agreements (FTA), Import and Customs

On Monday, August 14, President Trump signed an executive memorandum directing U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to consider a “Section 301” investigation against China. Now, many of us have heard the phrase Section 301 investigation and, as we do when we are at a party where everyone is talking about that movie we haven’t seen, … Continue Reading