USTR to Create New Online Portal for Section 301 EU Tariffs; May Begin Accepting Comments June 23

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is creating a new online portal for comments on the Section 301 retaliatory tariffs imposed on products of the European Union in connection with the World Trade Organization dispute on Airbus subsidies, it said in a notice. USTR is required to revise the tariffs every 180 days “unless certain conditions are met,” and received nearly 26,000 comments prior to its last round of revisions. USTR’s notice seeks emergency clearance from the Office of Management and Budget to create the portal. The next round of revisions is due Aug. 12, and USTR anticipates that it would begin accepting comments via the new portal on June 23, it said.