Section 301 Investigation of Brazil Trade Practices
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-05-23 — ANTE Act: cross-connection with ante-act-nonmarket-tariff-evasion: Both operate under Section 301 authority, with ANTE extending USTR’s Section 301 remedial reach to third-country transshipment/investment structures. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-20 — Action by the United States in the Investigation Under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of Brazil’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation: Presidential Section 301 action initiated against Brazil covering digital trade, electronic payment services, preferential tariffs, anti-corruption enforcement, IP protection, ethanol market access, and illegal deforestation. (novelty: 3)
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Action by the United States in the Investigation Under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation
20-jul-2026
novelty 3
per-area 3
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