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In 2019 the Administration imposed duties on Chinese goods based on allegations of misappropriation of intellectual property and coercive transfer of technology from U.S. companies to China. On September 15th, the World Trade Organization found the United States was in breach of global trading rules by imposing the unilateral tariffs applied as leverage in negotiations with China.
Approximately 3,500 U.S. companies have now brought suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade claiming that the imposition of tariffs was illegal and resulted in harm to both Claimant companies and consumers. U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer and the Customs Protection Agency are the Defendants in the case.
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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer |