Increases in duties on goods imported from countries that support the People's Republic of China
Title I — Sanctions and other measures in response to significant threats to security of Taiwan
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(a) In general Not later than 15 days after a covered determination is made, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, increase the rate of duty for all goods imported into the United States from a country described in subsection (b) to a rate of up to 500 percent ad valorem. (b) Countries described A country is described in this subsection if the country— (1) knowingly sells, supplies, transfers, or purchases oil, uranium, natural gas, petroleum products, or petrochemical products to or from the People’s Republic of China; or (2) knowingly sells, supplies, transfers, or purchases products, material, or financial support to or from the People’s Republic of China for its military-industrial capacity or for any act described in section 101(b)(2). (c) Duty rate in addition to antidumping and countervailing duties The rate of duty required under subsection (a) with respect to a good described in that subsection shall be in addition to any antidumping or countervailing duty applicable with respect to the good under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.). (d) Prohibition on waivers for certain countries The President may not waive under section 202 the application of subsection (a) with respect to— (1) a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism (commonly referred to as a state sponsor of terrorism), for purposes of— (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); (C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or (D) any other provision of law; or (2) a country specified in section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code. (e) Military-Industrial capacity defined In this section, the term military-industrial capacity means the capacity of a country to produce and supply the equipment, technology, weapons, training and deployment of personnel, manpower, and systems necessary for military operations.