Arent Fox LLP | USA | 17 Dec 2021
The United States Trade Representative recently announced the Biden administration's highly anticipated China trade policy, including a comment request process that will be used to determine whether section 301 product exclusions should be reinstated for certain China-origin products that are currently subject to additional ad valorem tariff rates between 7.5% and 25%.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 10 Dec 2021
The Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative recently announced an agreement with the European Union to remove the 25% additional tariffs on steel and 10% additional tariffs on aluminium pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act 1962, which have been in effect since June 2018.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 19 Nov 2021
The Biden administration recently took a variety of actions to address the ongoing global semiconductor shortage and the various supply chain disruptions caused by the covid-19 pandemic.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 5 Nov 2021
US Customs and Border Protection has allocated more enforcement resources by adding a second forced labour investigations branch.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 1 Oct 2021
Forced labour enforcement continues to escalate, as the US Department of Commerce has restricted exports to five additional Chinese companies.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 13 Aug 2021
The passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, the issuance of the updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory and other recent government actions may indicate that all products produced in whole or partially in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region may soon be banned in the United States.