Docket to Open for Comments on Section 301 Tariffs’ ‘Effectiveness’

The public online docket will open Nov. 15 at midnight EST for comments on the “effectiveness” of the Section 301 tariffs in curbing China’s allegedly bad trade behavior, said an Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice Wednesday. The docket will close Jan. 17 at midnight, it said. The agency seeks comments on other “actions or modifications that would be more effective” than the tariffs in curbing China’s practices on technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation, plus it wants feedback on “the effects of the actions on the U.S. economy, including U.S. consumers,” said the notice.