Trade Section

De minimis provides admission of articles free of duty and of any tax imposed on or by reason of importation but the aggregate fair retail value in the country of shipment of articles imported by one person on one day and exempted from the payment of duty shall not exceed 800.

Trade section. Section 201 does not require a finding of an unfair trade practice as do the antidumping and countervailing duty laws and section 337 of the tariff act of 1930. The trade adjustment assistance taa program is a federal program established under the trade adjustment assistance reauthorization act of 2015 that provides aid to workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports. In advancing his trade policies president trump has relied heavily on section 232 examining whether imports of aluminum steel uranium autos and auto parts and titanium sponge threaten to impair national security.

Section 321 19 usc 1321 is the statute that describes de minimis. 2411 2420 titled relief from unfair trade practices is often collectively referred to as section 301 it grants the ustr a range of responsibilities and authorities to impose trade sanctions on foreign countries that violate u. The taa program offers a variety of benefits and reemployment services to help unemployed workers prepare for and obtain.

Global trade is increasingly embedded within value chains and governed by multilateral trade rules such as the world trade organization wto agreements on technical barriers to trade tbt and the sanitary and phytosanitary sps measures. Furthermore quality and compliance of products and services with market requirements and. Data summarizing cbp s revenue collection efforts implementation of the recent trade remedies taken pursuant to section 232 of the trade expansion act of 1962 and sections 201 and 301 of the trade act of 1974 and trade enforcement actions.

To ensure timely processing of petitions we strongly encourage submitting petitions using the online petition portal by email at taa petition dol gov or by fax to 202 693 3584 or 202 693 3585. Department of commerce s bureau of industry and security bis is seeking public comments on how to improve the exclusion process for tariffs and quotas imposed on steel and aluminum imports under section 232 of the trade expansion act of 1962 section 232. This is the first challenge of its kind filed against the administration s use of section 301 tariffs in the ongoing trade war between the united states and china.

Overview of section 301 title iii of the trade act of 1974 sections 301 310 codified at 19 u s c. Following omb guidance office of trade adjustment assistance staff are working 100 remotely at this.