Tariff exclusions, remedy cases, new market opportunities hit by shutdown
The partial government shutdown has stymied tariff exclusion requests, stalled anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings and delayed progress in future market openings, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade . Wednesday marked the 26th day of the shutdown -- the longest in U.S. history. Agencies including the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Commerce Department, the U.S. International Trade Commission and Customs and Border Protection have furloughed employees who work in a variety of trade-related areas. At Commerce, employees at the...