To direct the United States Trade Representative to extend the exclusions of goods of China from additional duties imposed under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
This bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to extend for at least one year the exclusion of certain Chinese goods from additional duties. Such goods include medical-care products needed to address the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The USTR is not required to take such action if it determines that (1) a good is strategically important or related to certain Chinese industrial programs, and (2) such an extension would cause severe harm to the United States.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
AsiaCardiovascular and respiratory healthChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesTariffsTrade agreements and negotiations
To direct the United States Trade Representative to extend the exclusions of goods of China from additional duties imposed under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
USA116th CongressHR-7665| House
| Updated: 7/16/2020
This bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to extend for at least one year the exclusion of certain Chinese goods from additional duties. Such goods include medical-care products needed to address the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The USTR is not required to take such action if it determines that (1) a good is strategically important or related to certain Chinese industrial programs, and (2) such an extension would cause severe harm to the United States.
AsiaCardiovascular and respiratory healthChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesTariffsTrade agreements and negotiations