意外：USTR放宽中国产品受301条关税的产品排除程序

意外：USTR放宽中国产品受301条关税的产品排除程序
Washington, DC – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced a process to obtain product exclusions from the additional tariffs in effect on certain products imported from China under the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of U.S. technology and intellectual property. Today, additional tariffs of 25 percent come into effect for Chinese products imported under 818 tariff lines, covering a trade value of approximately $34 billion in 2018. These tariff lines contain products identified as benefiting from China’s industrial policies, including the “Made in China 2025” program. The list of products subject to tariffs was determined by a 90-day process that included public hearings and a notice and comment period. USTR is providing an opportunity for the public to request exclusion of a particular product from the additional duties to address situations that warrant excluding a particular product within a subheading, but not the tariff subheading as a whole. A Federal Register notice outlining the criteria and process for a product exclusion request will be published, and public requests, responses, and replies will be received via Regulations.gov. In making its determination on each request, USTR may consider whether a product is available from a source outside of China, whether the additional duties would cause severe economic harm to the requestor or other U.S. interests, and whether the particular product is strategically important or related to Chinese industrial programs including “Made in China 2025”. The exclusion process has the following important dates and features: The public will have 90 days to file a request for a product exclusion; the request period will end on October 9, 2018. Following public posting of the filed request on Regulations.gov, the public will have 14 days to file responses to the request for product exclusion. After the close of the 14 day response period, interested persons will have an additional 7 days to reply to any responses received in support of or opposition to the request. Exclusions will be effective for one year upon the publication of the exclusion determination in the Federal Register, and will apply retroactively to July 6, 2018. Because exclusions will be made on a product basis, a particular exclusion will apply to all imports of the product, regardless of whether the importer filed a request. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection will apply the tariff exclusions based on the product. The tariff action on China is part of USTR’s Section 301 investigation and follows President Trump’s announcement in March that the United States would impose tariffs on Chinese imports and take other actions in response to China’s policies that coerce American companies into transferring their technology and intellectual property to Chinese enterprises. These policies bolster China’s stated intention of seizing economic leadership in advanced technology as set forth in its industrial plans, such as “Made in China 2025.” The text of the Federal Register notice can be viewed here. Formal publication of the Federal Register notice will occur next week.

华盛顿特区 - 美国贸易代表办公室（美国贸易代表办公室）今天宣布，根据美国对中国与美国被迫转移有关的不公平贸易行为的回应，对从中国进口的某些产品实施的附加关税中的产品排除进程技术和知识产权。

今天，对于在818关税线下进口的中国产品，实施了25％的额外关税，2018年的贸易价值约为340亿美元。这些关税税目包含被认定为受益于中国产业政策的产品，包括“中国制造2025” “节目。受关税影响的产品清单由一个为期90天的过程确定，其中包括公开听证会以及通知和评论期。

美国贸易代表办公室为公众提供了一个机会，要求将特定产品排除在附加职责范围之外，以解决需要在小标题内排除特定产品的情况，而不是整个关税小标题。 将公布联邦登记公告，概述产品排除请求的标准和流程，并通过Regulations.gov接收公共请求，回复和回复。在对每个请求做出决定时，USTR可以考虑是否可以从中国以外的来源获得产品，附加关税是否会对请求者或其他美国利益造成严重的经济损害，以及特定产品是否具有战略重要性或相关性参加“中国制造2025”等中国工业项目。

排除过程具有以下重要日期和功能： 公众将有90天的时间提出产品排除请求;请求期将于2018年10月9日结束。 公开发布有关Regulation.gov的提交请求后，公众将有14天时间对产品排除请求提交回复。在14天回复期结束后，感兴趣的人将额外7天回复收到的任何支持或反对该请求的回复。

除外条款将在联邦公报中公布排除决定后生效一年，并将追溯适用于2018年7月6日。 由于排除将以产品为基础，因此无论进口商是否提出请求，特定排除将适用于产品的所有进口。美国海关和边境保护局将根据产品适用关税排除。

针对中国的关税诉讼是美国贸易代表办公室301条款调查的一部分，并且跟随特朗普总统3月宣布美国将对中国进口产品征收关税并采取其他行动以应对中国强迫美国公司将其技术和知识产权转让给中国的政策中国企业。这些政策支持了中国攫取经济领导地位的意图