The consultation is set to conclude on 16 October 2025.
The US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated a public consultation on whether to extend 178 product exclusions from the section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports beyond 29 November 2025.
These tariffs, first imposed in 2018, stem from the US investigation into China’s practices concerning technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation.
The USTRe modified the actions in the Section 301 investigation of China’s acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation by excluding from additional duties certain products of China. There are currently 178 effective exclusions.
USTR has extended these exclusions several times, including by providing a recent 90-day extension to further extend the exclusions through 29 November 2025.
USTR will evaluate whether each exclusion warrants further extension on a case-by-case basis.
The focus of the evaluation will be on the availability of products covered by the exclusion from sources outside of China, efforts undertaken to source products covered by the exclusion from the US or third countries, why additional time is needed, and whether further extending the exclusion will likely contribute to a shift in sourcing the product outside of China.
In addition, USTR will consider whether further extending the exclusion is consistent with the Administration’s priorities and how further extending the exclusion will impact US interests, including the overall impact of the exclusion on the goal of obtaining the elimination of China’s acts, policies, and practices covered in the Section 301 investigation.
The 164 reinstated exclusions can be found in the Annex of the 30 May 2024 notice, and the fourteen exclusions covering certain solar manufacturing equipment can be found in the Annex of the 18 September 2024 notice. USTR is also posting a list of the 178 exclusions at http://comments.USTR.gov.
All comments must be submitted through the online portal. Interested people seeking to comment on more than one exclusion must submit a separate comment for each exclusion.
The consultation is set to conclude on 16 October 2025.
