Bipartisan Senate group urges Tai to restart tariff-exclusion process for imports from China

Forty senators on Wednesday urged U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to restart a process of reviewing requests to exclude some imports from tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by the Trump administration. In a letter led by Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE), the group says it backs efforts to “hold China accountable and take seriously its non-market acts, policies, and practices” but urges Tai to renew efforts to allow some importers relief from tariffs on key goods. Those...