USTR request for comments: proposed further two-month suspension of China Section 301 maritime action through Jan 9, 2027 (procedural)
USTR invites public comments on a proposed modification to further suspend, for two months, the April 23, 2025 Section 301 action on China's targeting of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors — the port fees on maritime transport services under Annexes I-III and the duties in Annex V.A (as modified October 16, 2025) — from 12:00 a.m. ET on November 10, 2026 (when the current one-year suspension ends) through 11:59 p.m. ET on January 9, 2027, to allow continued negotiations with China; during the proposed suspension no party would accrue liability for those fees or duties. Written comments are due October 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET via docket USTR-2026-0694. Procedural request-for-comments only: no tariff-rate changes take effect by this notice, and adoption of the suspension awaits a subsequent USTR notice. The notice gives no specific rate values; see the FR text (91 FR 67388).
Scope
Maritime transport services fees (Annexes I-III) and Annex V.A duties (proposed suspension, not yet effective)