SECTION 201

A meeting of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body on 27 September in Geneva included tit-for-tat arguments between Washington and Beijing regarding a recent dispute settlement panel ruling on U.S. government actions to protect its domestic solar panel industry. More

The Senate Finance Committee on 3 March unanimously approved the nomination of Katherine Tai to serve as U.S. trade representative in the Biden administration. Her nomination will now be considered by the full Senate, which is expected to approve it. Among other things, Ms. Tai believes the Section 301 tariffs are a very important tool in the U.S. trade remedies arsenal but seemingly favours a revamped product exclusion process. More

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has posted to its website the lists of derivative steel and aluminium articles that will face safeguard tariffs of 25 percent (steel) and 10 percent (aluminium) from 8 February. These tariffs are being implemented following a decision by President Trump to expand the scope of the current safeguard tariffs on steel and aluminium ostensibly to thwart on-going efforts by foreign producers to circumvent those tariffs. More