USTR Extends Post-Hearing Comment Deadline on Consideration of Retaliatory Tariffs on EU

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has extended from Feb. 22 to March 8 the deadline to submit post-hearing comments on whether it should reinstate tariffs on a number of imports from the EU in response to alleged discrimination against U.S. beef exports, USTR said (here). Members of the U.S. beef industry during a Feb. 15 hearing pleaded with the interagency Section 301 Committee to follow through with the December-proposed retaliatory tariffs in response to the alleged EU discrimination, but representatives of the motorcycle, rayon fiber and confectionery industries cautioned against the move (see 1702150046).