FPA Signs Americans for Free Trade’s Coalition Letter to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives in Support for Section 301 Product Exclusions

On behalf of the undersigned members of Americans for Free Trade, we write in strong support of amending the America COMPETES Act of 2022 to include language requiring the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to reinvigorate the exclusion process for products subject to additional tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Such a provision was included as part of the Trade Act of 2021 in the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260) after an overwhelmingly bipartisan 91-4 vote. We believe such a provision would enjoy broad bipartisan support in the House as well. Especially in light of a bipartisan letter signed by 141 members that was just sent to Ambassador Tai asking for such a process.