This bill aims to clarify the country of origin for certain articles imported into the United States, specifically for the purpose of various trade enforcement actions. It amends key sections of the Trade Act of 1974 and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to ensure that trade measures effectively target goods associated with foreign adversaries. The legislation stipulates that any article produced, manufactured, or finally assembled by a foreign adversary party or an entity owned, controlled, directed, or operated by such a party, will be treated as if it originated in the foreign adversary country . This broad definition of "foreign adversary party" includes governments, entities organized under their laws, those headquartered within such countries, and any entity involved in the industrial or military-civil fusion strategies of the People's Republic of China. The bill explicitly lists the People's Republic of China, Russian Federation, Islamic Republic of Iran, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Cuba, and Venezuela (under Nicholas Maduro) as foreign adversary countries . Furthermore, an entity is considered controlled by a foreign adversary party if at least 25 percent of its equity interests are held directly or indirectly by one or more foreign adversary parties, including through complex financial arrangements. This redefinition ensures that tariffs and other trade enforcement actions, whether in response to unfair trade practices, import injury, or national security concerns, cannot be circumvented through complex supply chains or ownership structures involving these designated adversaries.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act
USA119th CongressS-172| Senate
| Updated: 1/21/2025
This bill aims to clarify the country of origin for certain articles imported into the United States, specifically for the purpose of various trade enforcement actions. It amends key sections of the Trade Act of 1974 and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to ensure that trade measures effectively target goods associated with foreign adversaries. The legislation stipulates that any article produced, manufactured, or finally assembled by a foreign adversary party or an entity owned, controlled, directed, or operated by such a party, will be treated as if it originated in the foreign adversary country . This broad definition of "foreign adversary party" includes governments, entities organized under their laws, those headquartered within such countries, and any entity involved in the industrial or military-civil fusion strategies of the People's Republic of China. The bill explicitly lists the People's Republic of China, Russian Federation, Islamic Republic of Iran, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Cuba, and Venezuela (under Nicholas Maduro) as foreign adversary countries . Furthermore, an entity is considered controlled by a foreign adversary party if at least 25 percent of its equity interests are held directly or indirectly by one or more foreign adversary parties, including through complex financial arrangements. This redefinition ensures that tariffs and other trade enforcement actions, whether in response to unfair trade practices, import injury, or national security concerns, cannot be circumvented through complex supply chains or ownership structures involving these designated adversaries.