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14
Jan
New Free Trade Agreement with Japan
The US-Japan Trade Agreement (“Agreement”) will enter into force on January 1, 2020. This message is to inform the trade community of the requirements for claiming preferential treatment under this new Agreement. In order to receive preferential treatment, a good must…
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14
Dec
Section 301 Update!! Indefinite postponement of List 4B Tariff Increase!!!
In accordance with the direction of the President, the U.S. Trade Representative has determined to modify the action being taken in this Section 301 investigation by suspending, until further notice, the additional duty of 15 percent on certain products of…
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06
Nov
List 4 – Product Exclusions Accepted till 01/31/2020
The USTR has announced the product exclusion request procedure for the Section 301 tariff action effective 1, 2019 (List 4 A), will be accepted from now through Jan 31, 2020. Please follow this link for more details. Please follow this…
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14
Oct
Customer Advisory: U.S. Announces Deal with China
U.S. Announces Deal with China and Delays Planned Tariffs President Trump said Friday that he had reached a “substantial deal” with China that will forestall a planned tariff increase on Oct. 15, providing a temporary détente in a yearlong trade…
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14
Oct
Delayed Increases on Tariff Increases Planned for Oct. 15!
U.S. can impose tariffs on 7.5 Billion in goods because E.U. gave illegal subsidies to Airbus, WTO rules! The administration plans to impose tariffs of 10 percent on European aircraft’s and 25 percent on a variety of agricultural and industrial…
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01
Oct
Section 301, List 1,2,3,4 Published Tariff and Exclusions – updated!
♦ Section 301 List 1 – $34 Billion Trade Action Full lists of published tariffs and exclusions. Click on dates to review published exclusions from each list. List 1 – https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/FRN301.pdf Exclusions: from List 1: Published on Sep 7, 2019;…
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27
Aug
USTR Statement on Section 301 Tariff Action Regarding China
Washington, DC – China announced it will impose unjustified tariffs targeting U.S. products. In response to China’s decision, and in order to achieve the objectives of the China Section 301 investigation, President Trump has instructed the United States Trade Representative…
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13
Aug
US-China Trade Section 301 List 4B Tariffs Delayed till Dec 15th, 2019
The additional 10% duty on list 4 was earlier announced by President Trump to start from Sep 1st, 2019, will be delayed until Dec 15th 2019. As to minimize impact on coming Christmas season. List 4A (Effective Sep 1st, 2019)…
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02
Aug
US-China Trade Section 301 List 4 Tariffs to Begin on Sep 1st, 2019
On August 1, 2019, President Trump tweeted that the US will impose a 10% tariff on approximately US$300 billion worth of products from China (“List 4”) beginning on September 1. This will be in addition to Section 301 tariffs already…
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14
May
Section 301, List 4 Tariff Announced by USTR
The Office of the United States Trade Representative have issued a new Federal Register notice with list of products that may be subject to the 25% duty. The final decision will not be made until after public comment process as…
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