Barbara Medrado

On March 12, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) issued a press release (and advance Federal Register notice) announcing the initiation of investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (“Section 301”), concerning 59 countries and the European Union (“EU”) related to “the failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.” The investigations will determine whether the identified economies’...

On March 11, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) issued a press release (and advanced Federal Register notice) announcing the initiation of investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (“Section 301”), into fifteen countries and the European Union (“EU”) “relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors.” The investigations will determine whether the acts, policies, and practices of the identified economies are...

August 12, 2022 Jamieson Greer, Nikesh Jindal, Barbara Medrado, Stephen Orava, Christine Savage, Thomas Spulak, Patrick Togni King & Spalding + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On August 9, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (the “CHIPS Plus Act”).