Trump may dust off 1930 trade discrimination law to back reciprocal tariffs
“Trump has said the new U.S. tariff rates would take effect ‘almost immediately,’ and Section 338 of the Trade Act of 1930 would give him a quick path to imposing them.”
[Reuters]
U.S. tariffs targeting China face legal challenge, but not the ones you might think
“The main lesson the Trump administration has taken from the litigation, Meyer said, ‘has been that they should avoid the need to conduct investigations and they should avoid statutes that involve administrative agencies subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.’”
[South China Morning Post]
China challenges Trump tariffs at WTO
“The request for consultations is the start of a dispute process that could lead to a ruling that Trump's duties violated trade rules in the same manner that a 2020 WTO ruling found that his first-term China tariffs broke trade regulations. But such a victory would be unlikely to bring Beijing relief because the WTO's Appellate Body has been largely inoperable for years, as the U.S. has blocked the appointment of appellate judges over what it views as judicial overreach by the body. This has prohibited a final decision in the 2020 case.”
[Reuters]
U.S. tariff hike adds pain for Hong Kong manufacturers banking on American market
“‘Electronics supply chains have not matured elsewhere, so many are still being produced in China,’ said Tiffany Chong, senior director at law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg. While apparel makers have largely shifted to countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam, electronics firms are still catching up.”
[South China Morning Post]
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