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Global Trade Alert

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

4 in force

Implementation date

01 Sep 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 earl...

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Implementation date

01 Sep 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Import tariff In force

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 medical and relate...

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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. The...

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Implementation date

10 May 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 subseque...

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Implementation date

24 Sep 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 that, "The...

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Implementation date

24 Sep 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 25%...

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Implementation date

23 Aug 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 in the Fe...

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Implementation date

06 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 ha...

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Implementation date

06 Jul 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 machines design...

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Implementation date

No implementation date

Revocation date:

No revocation date

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 were ...

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