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An appeals court stopped an order that would have required Rodney Scott to testify in the case about tariff refunds.
The USTR has proposed 10 percent or 12.5 percent duties on 60 economies, with public comments due July 6 and hearings set for July 7.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the failure of trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor “is unacceptable.”
‘The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable,’ trade czar Jamieson Greer said.
The USTR also said the U.S. government would continue to ‘engage intensively’ with Brazil to address its concerns.
The tariff rate on agricultural equipment will be lowered to 15 percent.
The announcement made no mention of negotiations involving Canada, which is also a part of the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement under review in the upcoming talks.
Negotiations with Canada could present challenges, the U.S. trade ambassador said.
The trade representative highlighted careful timing for any duties to support U.S. chip manufacturing resurgence.
The lawsuit alleges that Amazon has refused to seek tariff refunds due to political and commercial interests.
The U.S. Court of International Trade had ruled that the tariffs were not allowed under the Trade Act.
The company plans a 4 percent list-price increase in July after implementing its largest hike in a decade earlier this year.
President Donald Trump says he warned the European Union it must follow through on a trade agreement or face sharply higher tariffs.
The court found that the tariffs were not allowed under a 1974 trade law.
Customs and Border Protection was initially expected to start issuing refunds on May 11, but the timeline has now been delayed by a day.
The war in Iran and tariffs remain top of mind for U.S. manufacturers.
Customs and Border Protection has started the first phase of tariff refunds following a Supreme Court decision invalidating Trump’s global levies.
The first phase would only cover ‘certain unliquidated entries and certain entries within 80 days of liquidation,’ the agency said.
Cattle prices have soared by more than 25 percent over the past 12 months.
