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3 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Julian Beach |Benjamin Cote |Nancy Fischer
On April 17, 2025, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a Notice of Action and Proposed Action in its Section 301 investigation finalizing aspects of USTR’s responsive measures to China’s targeting for dominance of the maritime and shipbuilding industries. The Notice narrows the fees and service restrictions USTR proposed in March, as discussed in our previous article.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cote |Nancy Fischer |Aimee Ghosh
On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule terminating a long-standing exception to “Buy America” domestic content requirements for manufactured products used in agency-funded projects.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cote |Nancy Fischer |Aaron Hutman
On September 23, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released for public inspection a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks to prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles (CVs) with certain hardware and software that have a sufficient nexus to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or Russia.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
globaltradeandsanctionslaw.com | Nancy Fischer |Aaron Hutman |Benjamin Cote |Matthew Rabinowitz
On September 23, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released for public inspection a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks to prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles (CVs) with certain hardware and software that have a sufficient nexus to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or Russia.
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May 28, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephan Becker |Benjamin Cote |Moushami P. Joshi
TAKEAWAYS On May 22, USTR followed up the recommendations in its March 14 report with specific proposals for increases in Section 301 tariffs. There will be an exclusion process allowing interested parties to request temporary exclusions for certain categories of machinery used in domestic manufacturing, but no more general exclusion request procedure was announced. USTR has requested comments from interested stakeholders by June 28, 2024.
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May 24, 2024 | 
globaltradeandsanctionslaw.com | Stephan Becker |Benjamin Cote |Moushami P. Joshi |Erin Kwiatkowski
On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published the Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation (“Report”), which addresses the four-year review of China-related tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (“Trade Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2411). Our previous alert on this report is available here.
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May 16, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephan Becker |Benjamin Cote |Samantha Franks
On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) published the Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation (“Report”), which addresses the four-year review of China-related tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (“Trade Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2411). Our previous alert on the 2018 Section 301 Investigation findings is available here.
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May 15, 2024 | 
globaltradeandsanctionslaw.com | Stephan Becker |Aaron Hutman |Benjamin Cote |Moushami P. Joshi
On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) published the Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation (“Report”), which addresses the four-year review of China-related tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (“Trade Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2411). Our previous alert on the 2018 Section 301 Investigation findings is available here.
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May 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Stephan Becker |Benjamin Cote |Steven A. Farmer
On April 30, 2024, the Department of State proposed an amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) intended to facilitate exports of defense articles, the performance of defense services, and brokering activities between or among authorized users in the United States, United Kingdom (UK) and Australia.
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May 8, 2024 | 
globaltradeandsanctionslaw.com | Stephan Becker |Benjamin Cote |Steven A. Farmer |Nancy Fischer
On April 30, 2024, the Department of State proposed an amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) intended to facilitate exports of defense articles, the performance of defense services, and brokering activities between or among authorized users in the United States, United Kingdom (UK) and Australia.
