Section 301 Product Exclusion Requests on Second List Due Dec. 18

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a notice with instructions for making product exclusion requests for the second tranche of Section 301 tariffs that took effect Aug. 23. Granted requests will apply for a year following publication of the exclusion determination in the Federal Register and will be effective retroactively back to Aug. 23, the notice said. The exclusions requests are due by Dec. 18 and responses to the requests "are due 14 days after the request is posted in docket number USTR-2018-0032" on regulations.gov, USTR said. "Any replies to responses to an exclusion request are due the later of 7 days after the close of the 14 day response period, or 7 days after the posting of a response." The instructions are similar to the USTR's instructions for exclusion requests from the first batch of Section 301 tariffs (see 1807160013).