Tag: USTR
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USTR has proposed keeping its Section 301 fees on China linked vessels switched off until Jan. 9, 2027, pushing the maritime deadline past the Nov. 9 cliff. Comments close Oct. 30, and the product exclusions expiring the same week are not covered. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2026 The Office of the United States Trade Representative has…
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Trump concludes the Section 232 wind turbine investigation with a finding of national security threat but no new tariffs, ordering Commerce and USTR into negotiations and giving importers a 180-day window of conditional calm WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2026 President Donald Trump has closed one of the most closely watched national security trade investigations of the…
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Three separate Section 301 timers on China run out at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 9, and with 17 days left USTR has published nothing that would stop any of them. Importers are pricing both outcomes. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2026 The single largest scheduled change in United States import costs this year is now 17…
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Trump invokes Section 232 on wind turbines but stops short of new duties, ordering Commerce and USTR into negotiations with suppliers and starting a 180 day clock that importers and developers now have to plan around. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2026 President Donald Trump has formally declared that imported wind turbines and their parts threaten United…
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Supplemental briefs filed at the Court of International Trade narrow the fight over USTR’s forced labor tariffs to a single statutory subsection and the question of who gets to challenge them WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2026 The government and a group of US importers have filed the last round of written argument in the challenge to…
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Four China trade measures lapse within hours of each other on November 10: 178 Section 301 exclusions, the maritime port fee truce, the BIS affiliates rule suspension and Beijing’s rare earth export control pause. No extension has been published. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2026 With twenty days left on the calendar, the Office of the U.S.…
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New Delhi says the first tranche of its trade agreement with Washington is finalised and in legal drafting, but will not switch it on until the US settles its Section 301 tariffs and India is satisfied it holds an edge over competing suppliers. NEW DELHI and WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2026 – India will not operationalise…
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New Delhi says the first tranche of a bilateral trade agreement with Washington is closed and in legal drafting, locking in an 18 percent reciprocal rate while dairy, agriculture and enforcement language stay unresolved NEW DELHI, Oct. 17, 2026. India has finalised the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement with the United States and…
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A suspension of Section 301 fees on Chinese built and Chinese linked vessels expires on Nov. 9, a political extension announced in September has not been written into the Federal Register, and carriers say they cannot quote freight past the date. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2026 – The United States has a maritime tariff scheduled to…
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The 178 remaining China Section 301 product exclusions lapse on Nov. 9, the Trade Representative has just confirmed the underlying actions will continue, and no extension docket has opened with four weeks left on the clock. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2026 – The last 178 product exclusions from the original China Section 301 tariffs expire at…