Labor groups urge USTR to expand Section 301 tariff hikes to protect U.S. jobs

Many of the unfair trade practices benefitting Chinese manufacturers in sectors hit with recent tariff hikes are prevalent in other sectors, labor groups have told the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, urging the administration to reconsider some proposed exemptions and raise tariffs even further on some steel products. The Biden administration in May announced it would raise the tariff rates applied under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to products imported from China in a slew of...