Supply Chain Research

The U.S. Trade Representative has now received 11,565 requests for exemptions from the 25% duties on Chinese exports applied in July and August as part of the section 301 review of Chinese IP practices. Companies facing 10% duties from September are unlikely to get the chance of an exemption during the period in which talks, initiated by President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, are ongoing. So far 612 requests have reached the final stage before approval while 1,487 have been rejected out right. One of the late filings ahead of a deadline of December 18 came from Sulzer which has...