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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration stated on Friday it should hold tariffs on a whole lot of billions of {dollars} value of Chinese language imports in place whereas it continues a statutory evaluate of the duties imposed by former President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Commerce Consultant’s workplace stated in a federal discover that it obtained requests from corporations and different events to take care of the “Part 301” tariffs imposed in 2018 and 2019. The feedback have been collected through the spring and summer time.
Primarily based on the 1974 commerce legislation beneath which the duties have been imposed, USTR will transfer on to a proper evaluate of whether or not to maintain the tariffs in place, a course of that would take months.
The Biden administration had been contemplating whether or not to take away some tariffs as a approach to scale back inflationary pressures.
Reuters reported final month that consideration of this transfer had been placed on maintain following China’s navy maneuvers close to Taiwan after Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s go to to the island.
