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.
Source
Number of interventions
10
5 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
4 liberalising
Implementation date
01 Sep 2019
Revocation date:
01 Sep 2020
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. ...
Implementation date
01 Sep 2019
Revocation date:
14 Jun 2024
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...
Implementation date
01 Sep 2019
Revocation date:
13 Feb 2020
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...
Implementation date
10 May 2019
Revocation date:
No revocation date
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...
Implementation date
24 Sep 2018
Revocation date:
07 Aug 2020
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 ...
Implementation date
24 Sep 2018
Revocation date:
09 May 2019
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...
Implementation date
23 Aug 2018
Revocation date:
No revocation date
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 ...
Implementation date
06 Jul 2018
Revocation date:
18 Apr 2021
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...
Implementation date
06 Jul 2018
Revocation date:
No revocation date
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...
Implementation date
No implementation date
Revocation date:
No revocation date
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...
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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