Announcements

  • 10/07/2019 – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States has won a $7.5 billion arbitration award in its World Trade Organization dispute with the EU over illegal subsidies to Airbus. See USTR’s press release for more information and the list of EU products that will be subject to additional duties, which include a 25-percent additional duty on certain apparel and home textile products.
  • 10/04/2019 – August 2019 Textile and Apparel Import Report
  • 09/19/2019 – Limitations on Duty and Quota-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The new AGOA caps are for the one-year period from October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020.
  • 09/04/2019 – The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) annually publishes the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE report). USTR invites interested persons to submit written comments by October 31, 2019 to assist in identifying significant barriers to U.S. exports of goods, services, and U.S. foreign direct investment for inclusion in the 2020 NTE report. For more details, see the Federal Register notice (84 FR 46079).
  • 09/04/2019 – Modification of Section 301 Action: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative invites public comment on the proposed modification increasing the rate of additional duty from 25 percent to 30 percent on the products of China currently subject to tariff actions first taken in June, August, and September 2018. Written comments must be submitted by September 20, 2019. The proposed modification would be effective on October 1, 2019. See the Federal Register notice (84 FR 46212)for more details.
  • 08/30/2019 – Modification of Section 301 Action: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the imposition of additional duties of 10 percent on products of China as listed in the Federal Register notice (84 FR 43304). The additional duties will be applied to products listed in Annex A commencing September 1, 2019 and to those listed in Annex C on December 15, 2019. On August 30, USTR announced an increase in the rate of the additional duty from 10 to 15 percent. See the Federal Register notice (84 FR 45821)for more details.
  • 08/29/2019 – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative requests written comments that identify online and physical markets to be considered for inclusion in the 2019 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets (Notorious Markets List). Written comments must be submitted by September 30, 2019. See the Federal Register notice (84 FR 42975) for more information.
  • 08/29/2019 – China has increased tariffs on imports from the United States in response to actions taken by the United States in conjunction with its investigation of China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. See the International Trade Administration Current Foreign Retaliatory Actions webpage, for more details and information on U.S. goods subject to China’s retaliatory tariffs.
  • 08/19/2019 – Interested persons are invited to submit written comments and participate in a public hearing to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative in the preparation of its annual report to the Congress on China's implementation of its obligations as a Member of the World Trade Organization. As notified in the Federal Register (84 FR 40471), written comments are due by September 18, 2019 and the hearing will be held on October 2, 2019.
  • 08/19/2019 – Interested persons are invited to submit written comments and participate in a public hearing to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative in the preparation of its annual report to the Congress on Russia's compliance with the commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization. As notified in the Federal Register (84 FR 40470), written comments are due by September 27, 2019 and the hearing will be held on October 8, 2019.
Past Announcements