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United States of America: Retaliation against China for intellectual property practices

Announcement

14 Aug 2017

The action is being taken under a “reciprocity” law that has been on the books since 1974, but has been largely dormant since 1995.

 

 

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Number of interventions

10

5 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

4 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Sep 2019

Revocation date:

01 Sep 2020

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff

In response to the COVID-19 emergency, the USTR acted on March 31, 2020 to exclude certain medical products and other goods from the Section 301 additional 7.5% tariff on List 4A goods from China. ...

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Implementation date

01 Sep 2019

Revocation date:

14 Jun 2024

End prolongation: 14 Jun 2024
Import tariff

On March 10, 2020 the USTR announced a set of exclusions from the additional 7.5% tariff on List 4A goods from China. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exclusions cover such medic...

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Implementation date

01 Sep 2019

Revocation date:

13 Feb 2020

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff

Yet another round of tit-for-tat retaliatory measures began on May 10, 2019, when U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer noted that -- in addition to ramping up tariffs from 10% to 25% on an e...

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Implementation date

10 May 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff In force

The plans to increase the retaliatory tariffs on the September 17, 2018 list had been suspended at the end of 2018, see related intervention, but the administration revived this threat during subse...

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Implementation date

24 Sep 2018

Revocation date:

07 Aug 2020

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff

On April 24, 2020 the USTR published a list of items for which exemptions to the penalty tariffs had been granted. Although in May, 2019, the USTR increased the additional duty on some products to ...

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Implementation date

24 Sep 2018

Revocation date:

09 May 2019

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff

This was followed on September 17, 2018 by a presidential announcement that another $200 billion in U.S. imports from China would be targeted for retaliatory tariffs. President Trump stated th...

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Implementation date

23 Aug 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff In force

A second round of retaliatory tariffs took effect on August 23, 2018, following the events summarized below.

On September 3, 2019 the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published ...

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Implementation date

06 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

18 Apr 2021

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff

In a notice published on April 10, 2020, the USTR announced that for imports from July 6, 2018 through April 18, 2021, the additional 25% shall not apply to the following items:

Roller machin...

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Implementation date

06 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff In force

On July 6, 2018, retaliatory tariffs of 25% went into effect on certain U.S. imports from China. This retaliation comes in response to U.S. concerns over Chinese intellectual property practices and...

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Implementation date

No implementation date

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 14 Aug 2017
Import tariff

As noted above, the USTR announced on August 20, 2019 the imposition of additional duties on a number of good from China, at a rate of 15% (per the August 30, 2019 announcement). The duties that we...

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Related State Acts

Announced: 11 Dec 2024

United States of America: US Administration announces tariff increases under Section 301 on China for tungsten products, wafers, and polysilicon

Prolonged: 01 Dec 2025

United States of America: US Administration announces tariff increases on China under Section 301

Prolonged: 01 Dec 2025

United States of America: Introduction of temporary exclusions from Section 301 additional tariffs (extended until November 2025)

Prolonged: 01 Dec 2025

United States of America: US Administration provides temporary exclusions on Section 301 tariffs from China (extended until November 2026)

Implemented: 30 Sep 2023

United States of America: USTR excludes medical products from China Section 301 Tariffs

End prolongation: 30 Nov 2021

United States of America: COVID-19 exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs

Prolonged: 01 Jun 2024

United States of America: Product exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs

To be terminated: 31 May 2023

China: More retaliatory tariffs on US imports suspended

Announced: 06 Feb 2020

China: Government announces some retaliatory tariffs on US imports to be cut from 10 to 5% following trade deal

Announced: 22 Jan 2020

United States of America: US Administration reduces tariffs from China following the phase-one trade deal

Announced: 19 Dec 2019

China: Some retaliatory tariffs on certain US imports waived

Announced: 24 Nov 2019

China: State Council announces efforts to increase IP protection in China

Prolonged: 17 Sep 2020

China: Some retaliatory tariffs on US imports cancelled

Announced: 23 Aug 2019

China: New round of retaliatory tariffs on US imports worth $75bn

Announced: 23 May 2019

United States of America: New compensation program to U.S. farmers caught in trade war

Announced: 13 May 2019

China: Supplementary tariffs on US imports raised in retaliation

Announced: 02 Mar 2019

China: State Council announces changes to investment regulations

Announced: 11 Oct 2018

United States of America: Pilot program expanding the scope of national security reviews of foreign investments in the United States

Announced: 18 Sep 2018

China: Third batch of retaliatory tariffs hit $60bn of US imports to China

Announced: 13 Aug 2018

United States of America: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act

Announced: 03 Aug 2018

China: Equal retaliation to new round of US tariffs worth $16bn

Announced: 24 Jul 2018

United States of America: $12 billion subsidies to farmers in response to foreign retaliatory measures

Announced: 15 Jun 2018

China: Retaliatory supplementary tariffs on 545 US imports enacted; 116 more to come

Announced: 04 Apr 2018

China: Announcement of retaliatory 25% tariffs on 106 US products

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