On March 7, 2019, Cambria Company LLC filed petitions on behalf of the domestic industry with the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) seeking antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of certain quartz surface products from India and Turkey. According to the petitions, quartz surface product imports from these two countries are being sold at less than fair value in the United States and receive countervailable subsidies, causing material injury and threatening further material injury to the U.S. industry if duties are not imposed.
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May 2019
USTR Releases Fourth Batch of China Section 301 Product Exclusion Approvals
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On the same day that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) raised the Section 301 tariff rate to 25 percent on imports from China valued at $200 billion that had been subject to a 10 percent tariff rate since September 24, 2018, the USTR also announced its fourth batch of products to be…
Update on Shipments in Process: Increase of Section 301 Import Tariff on Third Tranche of Chinese Products from 10% to 25%
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Since publication of yesterday’s update (see Trump Administration Increases Section 301 Import Tariff on Third Tranche of Chinese Products from 10% to 25%), questions have been raised as to whether the tariff increase affects shipments from China in process, or “on the water.” The USTR has indicated that products of China that are covered…
President Trump Imposes Additional Sanctions on Iran, Targeting Iron, Steel, Aluminum and Copper Sectors
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President Donald Trump has announced further action against Iran by imposing sanctions on its iron, steel, aluminum and copper sectors, the country’s largest non-petroleum-related sources of export revenue. In an executive order, the president implemented blocking sanctions on any person determined by the secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the secretary of State,…
Iran Announces Suspension of Certain Commitments to the JCPOA
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On the eve of the first anniversary of the United States withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) (see Trump and Trade Update dated May 8, 2018), the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that it “has shown considerable restraint in the past one year after the illegal withdrawal of the United States…
Trump Administration Increases Section 301 Import Tariff on Third Tranche of Chinese Products from 10% to 25%
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Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) formally published a notice in the Federal Register confirming what President Donald Trump tweeted out last Sunday: U.S. imports of Chinese products, valued at $200 billion, that have been subject to a Section 301 10 percent tariff since September 24, 2018, will face a 25 percent…
Trump Tweets Additional Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Products To Be Imposed May 10
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Just days after it became publicly known that U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer was preparing to implement an exclusion request process for the third tranche of imported Chinese products valued at $200 billion and subject to a 10 percent tariff under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (see Trump and Trade Update…
USTR Lighthizer Indicates Exclusion Process Will Begin for Chinese Products Subject to 10% Tariff
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In February 2019, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer testified before the House Ways & Means Committee regarding U.S.-China trade issues (see Trump and Trade Update of February 28, 2019). During the hearing, Lighthizer testified that an exclusion request process would be instituted on the third tranche of imported Chinese products subject to a…