1、 IN10943 VERSION 20 UPDATED INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Escalating U.S. Tariffs: Timeline Brock R. Williams, Coordinator Analyst in International Trade and Finance Keigh E. Hammond Research Librarian Updated January 29, 2020 The trade practices of U.S. trading partners and the U.S. trade deficit are a focus o
2、f the Trump Administration. Citing these and other concerns, the President has imposed tariff increases under three U.S. laws: (1) Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Table 1) on U.S. imports of washing machines and solar products due to concerns over their injurious effects on domestic U.S. indus
3、try; (2) Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Table 2) on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum, and potentially motor vehicles/parts and titanium sponge due to concerns that imports threaten to impair the national security; and (3) Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on U.S. imports from C
4、hina (Table 3) due to concerns over its intellectual property rights practices, from the European Union (EU) due to concerns over subsidies on the manufacture of large civil aircraft, and potentially on U.S. imports from France (Table 4) due to concerns over its digital services tax (DST). Congress