A former Trump administration trade official said he can't predict whether a global 10% or 20% tariff will be imposed early under a potential new Trump administration, or exactly how tariffs on Chinese goods might be hiked, but Akin partner Clete Willems said he's telling business people to take these ideas seriously, even if every proposed change doesn't come true.
CBP is setting new requirements for imports of ship-to-shore cranes pursuant to upcoming changes to Section 301 tariffs on the cranes recently announced by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, according to a Sept. 18 cargo systems message from the agency.
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Imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will all be hiked Sept. 27, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Sept. 13, as part of a longer-term modification of Section 301 duties.
Tariffs on imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will go up Sept. 27, with more Section 301 tariff hikes planned for Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told podcast hosts at Bloomberg News that the U.S. and other countries that lost manufacturing jobs as China ramped up its exports from 2000 to 2019 are saying: "We will not tolerate, we cannot tolerate a China Shock 2.0."
Sheep ranchers in the U.S. are complaining that U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai hasn't asked the International Trade Commission to open a safeguard investigation for mutton and lamb imports, more than a year after they first asked for the action.
A bipartisan group of 10 House members, led by Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., is asking U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to engage with Mexico's leaders on that country's constitutional reforms.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is asking for advice on how the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council's Global Trade Challenges Working Group can enhance sustainable bilateral trade, coordinate to confront non-market policies in other countries, and more effectively counter those policies and practices.
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