Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a statement supporting President Biden’s directive to the United States Trade Representative to raise tariffs on $18 billion worth of imports from China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. This decision aims to shield American workers and businesses from China’s unfair trade practices.

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“President Biden is taking decisive action to ensure unfair trade practices do not threaten our competitiveness and economic security, while also strengthening American manufacturing,” said Raimondo. “This is a strategic approach to trade policy that will help protect key U.S. industries, like the clean energy and semiconductor sectors. We know the PRC’s playbook – we’ve seen their non-market actions on solar and steel – and cannot allow China to undermine U.S. supply chains by flooding the market with artificially cheap products that hurt American businesses and workers.”