Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Q&A: What You Need to Know About USTR’s New Section 301 Forced Labor Investigations Covering 60 Trading Partners
On Thursday, March 12, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") announced it is initiating a suite of investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding "acts, policies, and…
CIT Outlines Next Steps for China Section 301 Litigation
As previously reported, on September 25, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. Court of International Trade’s (CIT) decision upholding the Section 301 China tariffs imposed during…
Federal Circuit Affirms Lawfulness of Section 301 “Lists 3 and 4A” Tariffs on China
On September 25, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a decision by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) upholding Section 301 tariffs on imports from…
USTR Announces Section 301 Exclusion Process
Background: On Friday, July 6, 2018, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a process for U.S. interests to obtain product-specific exclusions from tariffs on Chinese imports as a result of the U.S.…