Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., one of the shrinking number of members of Congress who advocates for engaging with China rather than punishing it, recently published a white paper of his views on how to manage competition with China, how to use both offensive and defensive measures to compete with China, how to improve U.S. governance and competitiveness, and how to identify areas of cooperation.
The titanium sponge working group, convened after a Section 232 report on the product, as an alternative to imposing tariffs or tariff rate quotas, says that eliminating the 15% tariff on titanium sponge could benefit domestic titanium producers.
China's exports of cars have jumped sharply as its domestic car demand has flattened, experts said, but the impacts for U.S. auto production may not repeat what happened to other manufacturing sectors undercut by cheap Chinese imports.
Valve pressure relief components should have been granted Section 301 exclusions, importer Bray International and three of its affiliates said in a July 31 complaint at the Court of International Trade (Bray International v. U.S., CIT # 21-00332).
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The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 24-30:
The following lawsuit was recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
A group of retail trade groups, led by the American Apparel and Footwear Association, said that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative failed to adequately respond to comments when imposing its lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on China. Submitting an amicus brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the massive case against the duties, the retail representatives argued that USTR illegally relied on the president's discretion as a response to the comments, violating the Administrative Procedure Act (HMTX Industries, et al. v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 23-1891).
A group of retail trade groups, led by the American Apparel and Footwear Association, said that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative failed to adequately respond to comments when imposing its lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on China. Submitting an amicus brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the massive case against the duties, the retail representatives argued that USTR illegally relied on the president's discretion as a response to the comments, violating the Administrative Procedure Act (HMTX Industries, et al. v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 23-1891).