Senate bill targets country-of-origin loopholes in trade law
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Sponsor: Rick Scott · Senator · FL
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Official title: Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act
119th Congress
Topics: Security & foreign affairs
Introduced:
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Products tied to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, or Venezuela can face U.S. trade penalties even if made in another country.
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What does this do?
This bill changes how the U.S. government decides where an imported product comes from for trade penalty purposes. If a product is made or assembled by a company owned, based, or organized in China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, or Venezuela, it is treated as coming from one of those countries, even if it was physically made somewhere else. The same rule applies if a government or entity from one of those countries owns at least 25% of the company involved.
Who does it affect?
This affects importers, manufacturers, and businesses that bring foreign-made goods into the U.S. It especially affects those with ownership or business ties to any of the six named countries.
Why does it matter?
Products connected to those countries could become subject to the same trade penalties that already apply to goods made directly in those countries. This closes a path that allowed goods to avoid those penalties by being routed through or assembled in a third country.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
- Senate committeeYou are here · Jan 21, 2025
- Senate vote
- House
- The president's desk
Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.