On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, the president of the United States announced that “as a gesture of good will” the United States will delay the 5% increase in tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports originally scheduled for October 1, 2019. The increase is now scheduled for October 15, 2019.
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On Thursday, August 29, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a request for comments concerning Section 301 actions. This comment period is specific to the increase in tariffs from 25 percent to 30 percent for Section 301 Lists 1-3 valued at $250 billion previously announced in the USTR Statement on Section 301 Tariff Action Regarding China. These new tariffs are set to increase on October 1, 2019.
On Friday, August 23, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office released the USTR Statement on Section 301 Tariff Action Regarding China in response to China’s “unjustified tariffs targeting U.S. products.”
The United States will be increasing by 5% the tariffs on approximately $550 billion worth of Chinese imports as follows:
The Federal Register Notice 84 FR 43304 published by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Tuesday, August 20, 2019, announced the specifics related to the next steps for processing the new 10% tariffs on $300 billion of China products announced on August 13, 2019.
On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) posted a press release, USTR Announces Next Steps on Proposed 10 Percent Tariff on Imports from China.
The USTR advised that a two-phased approach will be used for the implementation of the 10 percent tariff on $300 billion of China products:
On August 2, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a Federal Register Notice announcing that CBP is adjusting certain customs user fees pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for Fiscal Year 2020 in accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) as implemented by CBP regulations.
On Friday, August 2, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office released its first Notice of Product Exclusions to Section 301 List 3 products currently subject to a 25% tariff. This marks the eighth round of exclusions overall.
On Friday, July 26, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office released its first Notice of Product Exclusions to Section 301 List 2 products currently subject to a 25% tariff. This marks the seventh round of exclusions overall.
On Thursday, August 1, 2019, the president of the United States announced that a tariff of 10 percent would be placed on $300 billion worth of imports from China as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technologies and intellectual property.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office released a sixth Notice of Product Exclusions to Section 301 List 1 products currently subject to a 25% tariff.