Trade Compliance

Third Round of Section 301 Tariffs on China Go Into Effect, Without Tariff Exemptions – For Now

Posted September 26, 2018

Under Trade Compliance News

Unlike with the first two rounds of Section 301 levies which imposed a 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, the Trump administration’s new 10% duty on another $200 billion that went into effect on Monday, does not include any provision for companies to seek exemptions from the new tax – a situation business groups are hoping to remedy before the rate climbs to 25% next year.  Continue Reading

Trump’s Conflicting Trade Policies Confusing U.S. Importers

Posted September 18, 2018

Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues

Following nearly a decade of legislative delay and political wrangling to obtain duty relief for thousands of products not available from domestic production, the hard-fought victory achieved by U.S. manufacturers working to revive the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill has largely been squashed by the Trump administration’s move this week to impose an additional batch of tariffs on Chinese imports.  Continue Reading

Reminder: U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Goods Worth $16 Billion Now in Effect

Posted August 23, 2018

Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues

Even while Chinese and U.S. officials are meeting in Washington this week trying to defuse tensions, both sides continued escalating their increasingly costly trade war, as the Trump administration today slapped an additional 35% tariff on another $16 billion worth of imports from China, prompting Beijing to immediately respond with retaliatory tariffs on a matching amount of goods imported from the United States.  Continue Reading

USTR Releases List of Chinese Goods Subject to Next Round of Tariffs

Posted July 11, 2018

Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative yesterday released a list of $200 billion worth of Chinese goods that could be subject to a new 10% import tariff in a move that if implemented would represent a massive escalation of President Trump’s burgeoning trade war with China.  Continue Reading