Tag: USTR
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Washington and Beijing race to cut duties on $30 billion in goods ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi summit, but a fragile truce and a November deadline loom over the talks WASHINGTON, September 10, 2026 China and the United States are pushing to finalize reciprocal tariff reductions on roughly $30 billion of goods before President…
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USTR’s cotton-linked textile tariff-rate quota reaches its September 1 operational target, forcing importers, US yarn mills, and four Asian supplier nations to confront a new sourcing arithmetic WASHINGTON, September 1, 2026: The most closely watched date on the American textile trade calendar arrived Monday, as the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s long-promised tariff-rate…
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Washington prepares a 7.5 percent overcapacity tariff on Chinese goods, a move calibrated to reach, but not breach, the 20 percent cap Beijing says it was promised ahead of the September 24 Xi-Trump summit WASHINGTON, August 25, 2026. The Trump administration is preparing to impose an additional 7.5 percent tariff on Chinese goods under its…
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Oslo readies for a fresh round of American tariffs after talks in Washington produce no relief from a 12.5 percent forced labor levy, with a second Section 301 decision on industrial overcapacity expected within weeks WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2026 – Norway walked out of high level trade talks in Washington this week with no relief…
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The United States trade representative says Canada must scrap its retaliatory measures, starting with provincial bans on American alcohol, to avoid new 50 percent tariffs, while sources say Washington is offering no meaningful relief on softwood lumber WASHINGTON, August 16, 2026 The price of peace, as Washington defines it, came into sharp focus this weekend.…
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The public comment window closed Monday in the U.S. Trade Representative’s Section 301 investigation into Germany’s pharmaceutical pricing, hardening battle lines in a novel trade fight that could put tariffs on one of the world’s most sensitive industries. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2026 A first of its kind American trade investigation into how a close ally…
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Comment window closes on product exclusions from the forced labor tariffs now covering imports from 60 economies, as importers push toward a September 22 hearing at USTR WASHINGTON, August 11, 2026 The deadline arrived at 11:59 p.m. Monday night. Companies seeking relief from the sweeping Section 301 forced labor tariffs, the 10 to 12.5 percent…
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Comments are due tonight in the USTR’s Section 301 investigation of German pharmaceutical pricing, a case that could put tariffs behind Washington’s demand that wealthy allies pay more for American medicines WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2026 The public comment period in one of the most closely watched trade investigations of the year closes tonight at 11:59…
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A 25-state coalition asks the Court of International Trade to strike down the Section 301 forced labor tariffs, calling the levies on 60 trading partners an unlawful revival of a tariff regime the Supreme Court already rejected WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The legal siege around the Trump administration’s rebuilt tariff wall tightened this week, as…
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One week into the forced labor tariffs covering nearly every US trading partner, the first economic data and the first foreign backlash are arriving at once WASHINGTON, August 4, 2026. The United States has just completed its first full week collecting tariffs on imports from 60 economies under the most sweeping Section 301 action ever…