China’s countermeasures in response to US tariffs

This recording examines China's countermeasures against US tariffs and what they mean for trade and customs compliance professionals managing US-China supply chains.

Topics covered:

• The five rounds of Chinese retaliatory tariffs against US-origin goods (February–April 2025), from targeted early measures to across-the-board tariffs reaching 125%, and up to 140% in some sectors once combined with existing duties
• The interaction between China's new tariffs and existing Section 301 duties and MFN rates
• Non-tariff countermeasures: export controls on critical minerals, additions to China's Unreliable Entity List and Export Control Entity List (70+ US entities), antitrust and AD/CVD investigations, and suspension of export qualifications for US food and agriculture companies
• Company adaptation strategies, including "China plus one" and "US plus one" sourcing shifts, valuation adjustments, and unannounced ("silent") Chinese tariff exemptions on 131 tariff lines
• Export licensing delays and end-use/end-user certification requirements for dual-use items sourced from China
• China's tiered customs penalty regime for violations, from administrative fines to criminal smuggling, including the duty-evasion threshold that triggers criminal liability
• China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law and Unreliable Entity List enforcement, including the PVH and Illumina sanctions cases and a first Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law damages settlement

For a broader overview of the topic, please watch the full recording. The slides are available in the Resources section.

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