Government funding package creates new 301 exclusion process, bolsters 232 process

Editor's note: This story was updated after initial publication to correct the total funding requested for USTR. The new spending package President Trump signed on Friday mandates that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative create an exclusion process for the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs that have been imposed on China and allocates funds to the Commerce Department to better its Section 232 exclusion process. USTR Robert Lighthizer has said his agency would...