[20200129]IN10971_美国关税升级：受影响的贸易.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Escalating U.S. Tariffs: Affected Trade Brock R. Williams, Coordinator Specialist in International Trade and Finance Keigh E. Hammond Research Librarian Updated January 29, 2020 The trade practices of U.S. trading partners and the U.S. trade deficit are a focus of the Trump Administration. Citing these and other concerns, the President has imposed tariff increases under three U.S. laws: (1) Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 on U.S. imports of washing machines and solar products, due to concerns over their injurious effects on domestic U.S. industry; (2) Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum, and potentially motor vehicles and titanium sponge, due to concerns that imports threaten to impair the national security; and (3) Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on U.S. imports from China, due to concerns over intellectual property rights and other practices, on U.S. imports from the European Union (EU) due to concerns over subsidies on the manufacture of large civil aircraft, and potentially on U.S. imports from France due to concerns over its digital services