Capitol Hill Washington DC/ Sheldon Update on China Tariffs
Senator Whitehouse, as a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, has engaged on this issue by joining several other Senators in sending a letter to US Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer. The December letter urged the establishment of an exclusion process for U.S. companies affected by the Section 301 tariffs against China—in other words, creating a mechanism for companies affected by the new 25% tariffs against $200 billion in imports to seek a waiver from those tariffs, so as to relieve some of the negative economic effect on American companies.