USTRSection 201Completed

Request for Comments Regarding the Administration's Action Following a Determination of Import Injury With Regard to Large Residential Washers

Jan 3, 2018 · 2:00 PM EST

Why review: USTR proceeding: watch for trade-remedy scope, country coverage, and the comment or testimony window.

Scope

Section 201Tariff

Pre-hearing brief

The President is deciding what safeguard remedy to impose on large residential washer imports following an ITC serious-injury determination, and importers face potential Section 201 tariffs or other restrictions that could materially raise landed costs. Public comments submitted now will directly inform that presidential decision.

The proceeding covers large residential washers. No specific countries or HS subheadings are named in the hearing notice or linked signal.

What to watch

Comment deadline: the USTR comment request is linked to the January 3, 2018 notice; importers should confirm the exact filing deadline from the Federal Register docket
Scope of covered products: the signal references large residential washers but does not define or list specific models, components, or HS codes, so importers should monitor USTR for a formal product scope definition
Nature of the remedy: the linked signal states comments will inform the President on appropriate safeguard measures but does not yet specify whether the remedy will take the form of tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, or other instruments
Presidential decision timeline: no decision date is specified in the linked signal, but the comment period is a prerequisite, making the close of comments a key procedural milestone to track

On the policy arc

Official actions this hearing connects to across the primary sources Traverse tracks.

FR noticeJan 3, 2018
Section 201 Safeguard Measures on Large Residential Washers, Comment Request

Materials

Announcement