Americans for Free Trade Asks for Automatic Six-Month Section 301 Exclusion Extensions
Americans for Free Trade, a trade group opposed to Section 301 tariffs, wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer asking that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative extend Section 301 tariff exclusions scheduled to expire Dec. 31. “As American…
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businesses continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, they should not have to face the uncertainty of tax increases on January 1 because of a reimposition of tariffs on previously excluded products. It remains unclear whether USTR intends to offer additional product exclusion extension opportunities for the remaining exclusions. We believe it is crucial for USTR to do so,” the letter said. The group also asked USTR to extend all product exclusions that are currently in force for at least six months.