Tariffs
Total 15 Posts
U.S. Reinstates Tariff Exclusions for 352 Items
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) recently issued a list of products from China that would be excluded from the Section 301 tariffs. In response, Chinese officials called for the elimination of all the Section 301 tariffs.
China Updates List of E-Commerce Imported Products Subject to Lower Taxes
On February 21, the Chinese government released an updated list of cross-border e-commerce products that are subject to lower taxes when imported under a designated value threshold.
China Plans to Adjust Some Tariffs on Imports and Exports
China's Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council recently announced a
series of tariff adjustments, including voluntary tariff reductions, tariff
reductions under trade agreements, and in the meantime tariff hikes for some
items.
According to the notice
[http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2021-12/15/content_5660939.htm] (link in
China to Stop GSP Certificate of Origin for Goods to EAEU
On September 23, China’s General Administration of Customs announced
[http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/2480148/3900112/2021092416141082221.pdf]
(link in Chinese) that it would stop issuing the Generalized System of
Preference (GSP) Certificates of Origin for exports shipped to the Eurasian
Economic Union (EAEU), effective on October
China Again Extends Tariff Exemptions for U.S. Goods
On September 16, China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council
announced on its website that China will extend tariff exemptions for 81
products imported from the United States by seven months. This is the fifth time
that China has extended tariff exemptions for U.S. goods.
In the
China Further Curbs Steel Exports
On July 29, China announced that it would again adjust the export tariffs for
certain steel products (including ferrochrome and high-purity pig iron), and
cancel export tax rebates for some steel products (including cold-rolled
products and hot-dipped galvanized coil). The decisions were announced through
two separate notices and will take
Deputy USTR Nominee Sarah Bianchi on Tariffs against China and Chinese Digital Trade Regulation
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing
[https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-melanie-anne-egorin-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-health-and-human-services]
on the nominations of several Biden administration officials, Senator Ron Wyden
asked Sarah Bianchi, one of the Biden administration's nominees for Deputy U.S.
Trade Representative, some questions about U.S. trade policy as it relates to