On February 20, 2025, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it is seeking comments from the public to identify and address unfair and non-reciprocal foreign trade practices. This initiative is part of the broader America First Trade Policy Presidential Memorandum and the Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs Presidential Memorandum.
The USTR is particularly focused on submissions related to the largest trading economies, such as G20 countries, and those with the largest trade deficits in goods with the United States. These countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the members of the European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.
Interested parties are encouraged to provide detailed information, including:
- The foreign country or economy concerned.
- The specific practice or trade arrangement of concern.
- A brief explanation of how the practice or trade arrangement operates.
- An explanation of the impact or effect of the practice or trade arrangement on the interested party or on U.S. interests generally.
- Quantification of the harm or cost (including actual cost or opportunity cost) to American stakeholders.
The deadline for submission of comments is March 11, 2025. Comments can be submitted through the USTR’s online portal at https://comments.ustr.gov/s/. The docket number for this request is USTR-2025-0001.
For more details, you can view the Federal Register notice here as well as an earlier Thompson Hine Update of February 13, 2025.