the Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, announced on May 3 that two actions to impose additional tariffs on Chinese-origin products exported to the United States based on the investigation result of the so-called "Section 301" four years ago would end on July 6 and August 23 this year respectively. From today on, the Office will initiate a statutory review process for the relevant actions.

The USTR said in a statement on the same day that it would inform representatives of U.S. domestic industries that benefit from additional tariffs on China that the tariffs may be removed.

According to the so-called "Section 301", the United States has imposed 25% tariffs on the products imported from China in two batches since July and August 2018.