China Section 301 Comment Period to Open

As part of a four year review outlined in the Federal Register, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will open a Comment Portal from Nov 15th 2022 to Jan 17th 2023 for interested parties to submit comments on the China Section 301 tariffs. To facilitate preparation of comments the USTR has posted a list of questions that will cover the below topics:

China Section 301 Topics

• The effectiveness of the actions in obtaining the elimination of China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation.

• The effectiveness of the actions in counteracting China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation.

• Other actions or modifications that would be more effective in obtaining the elimination of or in counteracting China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation.

• The effects of the actions on the U.S. economy, including U.S. consumers.

• The effects of the actions on domestic manufacturing, including in terms of capital investments, domestic capacity and production levels, industry concentrations, and profits.

• The effects of the actions on U.S. technology, including in terms of U.S. technological leadership and U.S. technological development.

• The effects of the actions on U.S. workers, including with respect to employment and wages.

• The effects of the actions on U.S. small businesses.

• The effects of the actions on U.S. supply chain resilience.

• The effects of the actions on the goals of U.S. critical supply chains outlined in Executive Order 14017 and in subsequent reports and findings.

• Whether the actions have resulted in higher additional duties on inputs used for additional manufacturing in the United States than the additional duties on downstream product(s) or finished good(s) incorporating those inputs.

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