On August 6, 2020, the White House issued a proclamation stating that the U.S. would re-impose 10% tariffs on imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum under subheading 7601.10 from Canada starting August 16, 2020. The subject products make up the majority of U.S. aluminum imports from Canada.
President Donald Trump explained that the re-imposition of tariffs
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced today that it was extending the duty exemptions for only 266 of the 1,035 products on List 3 of the Section 301 tariffs that were scheduled to expire on August 7, 2020. The 266 individual product line extensions will now expire on December 31, 2020. The
The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) issued new product exclusions pertaining to the Section 301 List 4A tariffs. The current tariff is 7.5%. The new exclusions include one ten-digit HTS subheadings and 9 specific product descriptions that together cover 25 separate exclusion requests. The full list of excluded products is available here. According to
On August 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice initiating new Administrative Reviews for antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with June anniversary dates. Listed below are the countries and products named in the notice:
AD
On August 3, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a notice requesting comments on whether to extend specific exclusions on Chinese imports from the Section 301 List 1 that are set to expire on October 2, 2020. Companies whose products were granted exclusions in notices published on October 2, 2019,
On August 4, 2020, Commerce announced in the Federal Register the opportunity to request an annual administrative review for products that are currently subject to antidumping and countervailing duties.
The products and countries that have August anniversary months are the following:
In Husch Blackwell’s July 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
On July 30, 2020, the Coalition of American Chassis Manufacturers (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on certain chassis and subassemblies from China.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The merchandise covered by this investigation are chassis and subassemblies thereof, whether finished or unfinished, whether assembled or unassembled, whether coated or
On July 29, 2020, Novus International, Inc. (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on methionine from France, Japan, and Spain.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The merchandise covered by this investigation is methionine and precursors to methionine, including dl-Hydroxy analogue of dl-methionine, also known as 2-Hydroxy 4-(Methylthio) Butanoic acid (HMTBa), regardless of
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that it will extend certain product exclusions that were scheduled to expire on July 31, 2020 for fourteen (14) specific products subject to Section 301 List 2 tariffs at a rate of 25%. As a result of these extensions, the exclusions will now expire on December