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Non-Discrimination under Section 301: Canadian Digital Services Taxes

This is from a USTR submission to the Canadian government on a proposed Canadian digital services tax: Thank you to the Government of Canada for this opportunity to comment. The United States has serious concerns about the Canadian Government’s plan to enact a Digital Services Tax (DST). The Canadian

The Possibility of Another Section 301 Investigation on Chinese Trade Practices

At the end of the day on Friday, there were a number of news reports about the Biden administration considering a new Section 301 investigation on China, this time focusing on subsidies. Here's Bloomberg: The Biden administration is weighing a new [Section 301] investigation into Chinese subsidies and

The Biden Administration's Approach to Section 301

On Friday, USTR announced its next steps in many of the Section 301 digital services tax cases: The United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the next steps in its Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted or under consideration by ten U.S. trading partners. In January,

The Discrimination Standard under Section 301

This is from the Section 301 report on France’s Digital Services Tax issued by USTR earlier this week: A. France’s Digital Services Tax Discriminates Against U.S. Digital Companies The evidence collected in this investigation, including witness testimony, written comments, news reports, and expert commentary, indicates that the

The U.S. Defense in the Section 301 Case (DS543)

USTR has posted its first written submission in the DS543 case, which is China's complaint against the U.S. Section 301 measures. Among other things, there is a GATT Article XX(a) public morals argument. I'll let readers be the judge of all this. I wanted

Section 301 as an Enforcement Tool for the USMCA

This is from Inside US Trade: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday suggested that Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 could be used to enforce provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, senators told Inside U.S. Trade. Following a meeting with the Senate Finance

The Section 301 Action Against China (Fed. Reg. filing by Steve Charnovitz)

Comments by Professor Steve Charnovitz regarding the Proposed Determination of Action Pursuant to Section 301 By Professor Steve Charnovitz George Washington University USTR-2018-0018 July 23, 2018 This is a comment regarding the proposed action of imposing an additional 25 percent ad valorem duty on the products classified in

China's WTO Complaint on the Section 301 Tariffs

China's consultations request on the U.S. Section 301 tariffs is here. This is the key part: On 22 March 2018, the United States published related documents of the Section 301 investigations against China. On 3 April, the United State published a list of products of Chinese origin,