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Several foreign governments and U.S. companies are pushing the U.S. International Trade Commission to recommend that the president increase the amount of solar cells that can be imported under a safeguard remedy imposed in 2018.
As the U.S. International Trade Commission wraps up a midterm review of Section 201 restrictions on imports of solar products imposed last year, a co-petitioner in the case, Suniva, Inc., is calling for a more stringent remedy while the Solar Energy Industries Association is pushing for the elimination of tariff-rate quotas.
“This case presents a stunning example of corporations taking advantage of the current trade hysteria.”
The petitions will be considered in the development of a report to the House Ways & Means and Senate Finance committees.
Cabinet imports were valued at $4.4 billion in 2018.
The U.S. had a $258 billion surplus in cross-border services in trade in 2017, according to the report.
Ongoing negotiations over a new suspension agreement covering tomatoes from Mexico are hung up over border inspections, which Florida growers defend as necessary for enforcement but Mexican growers and officials call “unacceptable.”
The U.S. International Trade Commission, in a mid-term evaluation of safeguard measures imposed last year on imports of large residential washers, said while the U.S. industry is recovering, producers are facing steeper costs in part due to steel, aluminum and Section 301 tariffs on key materials.
Amy Karpel is a former USTR official; Randolph Stayin is a consultant and trade attorney.
The commission must submit a report on “Monitoring of Developments in the Domestic Industry” by Feb. 7, 2020.
U.S. companies see significant potential for increased trade in Africa despite areas of concern including intellectual property enforcement and digital trade, they said in comments submitted to the U.S. International Trade Commission ahead of a hearing on Wednesday.
A group of 12 Ohio lawmakers is backing the maintenance of tariff-rate quotas on imports of large residential washers, which the Trump administration imposed last year under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974.
The company says the “current safeguard remedy is imposing a cost of approximately $1.5 billion each year on consumers.”
As the U.S. International Trade Commission conducts a midterm review of sweeping restrictions placed on imports of large residential washers, U.S. companies are arguing that while the remedies have not led to the growth they expected due to “headwinds,” they should not be modified.
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday launched a Section 332 investigation examining U.S. trade and investment in sub-Saharan Africa after U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer sent a request to the agency last month.
The two sides continue to negotiate.
The National Foreign Trade Council has thrown its support behind the international steel group seeking to challenge the constitutionality of the Section 232 statute at the Supreme Court.