USTR launches Section 301 exclusion process for manufacturing machinery

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday opened a process to request exclusions for machinery used in domestic manufacturing from a slate of new Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods announced earlier this year. The Biden-Harris administration in May announced tariff hikes on Chinese goods in several key sectors following a mandatory four-year review of duties adopted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. USTR initially proposed an exclusion process that covered 312 tariff subheadings, with...