The Rising Trade Battle Over Digital Services Taxes
The Trump administration’s increasing focus and investigations on digital services taxes are paving the path for the next trade battle. Without surprise, the...
Takeaways from the List 4A Exclusion Filings
The end of January marked the deadline to submit exclusion requests under the Section 301 List 4A tariffs. Michael Best Strategies was...
China 301 Tariffs on List 4A Reduction Date Set
PHASE ONE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS ON 2/14/20
UPDATE
Last week, on January 15, President Trump signed a Phase One trade deal with China. The Section...
Phase One Deal Signed, Yet Many Issues Remain
President Trump has signed an initial trade deal with China. In a ceremony with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House today,...
U.S. and China Agree to Phase One Deal
The United States and China announced today they have reached an agreement on the details of a Phase One trade deal. Text of the...
What Economic Leaders Are Saying About the China Trade War—And Then There is Hong...
Comments by several prominent economic thinkers who have spoken out in recent days regarding the impact of recent trade wars with China and the...
President Trump Signals Long Term Effort to Decouple from China
Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative announced that they had established a process to request an extension to exclusion requests that had been granted...
USTR Announces Process for Requesting Extensions of Granted Exclusions for Sec. 301 List 1
USTR has established a process to request an extension of up to 12 months for exclusions granted on December 28, 2019, from List 1...
Department of Commerce Inspector General Finds Improper Influence by 232 Application Objectors
The Department of Commerce OIG issued a management alert that the BIS may have allowed undue influence of an objector to the 232 exclusion...
USTR Announces Exclusion Process for Section 301 List 4A
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on October 18th that on October 31, 2019 thru January 31, 2020, it will accept tariff exclusion...
