Nternational Tariffs News Today

The Commerce Department began investigation into solar panel makers in four southeast Asian countries. Auxin Solar asked Department to investigate if these Chinese companies were avoiding tariffs by shipping from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.

The Office of the US Trade Representative USTR announced its decision to renew tariff exclusions for 352 categories of goods approximately two thirds of the goods were previously granted exemptions covered by the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese products.

Effective Jan. 1, 2022, imports of EU steel and aluminum products will be subject to a tariff-rate quota, allowing a certain amount of imports to enter the U.S. free of any Section 232 tariffs; 54 steel and 16 aluminum product categories of eligible products