President Donald Trump signed an order to put duties on U.S. imports of Chinese products due to results of an investigation under Section 301 of U.S. trade law on China's actions on intellectual property. The actions include taking the issue to the WTO, investment restrictions and 25% duties on Chinese products. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will publish with 15 days from March 22 a proposed list of Chinese goods that would be subject to the additional tariffs, though the announced list is expected in the next several days.
The list will be published in the Federal Register with a 30-day comment period. There will also be a public hearing conducted on the proposed tariffs. USTR and the interagency Section 301 Committee will examine and analyze the public comments and those garnered from a public hearing. When that review process is completed, there will be a final determination on the tariff actions and the list will be published in the Federal Register