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<p>After receiving over 4,000 Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) petitions seeking to temporarily reduce or eliminate tariffs on the import of various goods into the United States (see <a href="https://www.trumpandtrade.com/2019/10/u-s-international-trade-commission-launches-new-mtb-petition-process/">Trump and Trade Update of October 1, 2019</a>), the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has been posting petitions satisfying the statutory filing criteria on a rolling basis on the MTB Petition System (MTBPS) <a href="https://mtbps.usitc.gov/external/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">portal</a>. Beginning on January 10, 2020 and continuing until 5:15 p.m. ET on February 24, 2020, interested parties may file public comments on these petitions. All comments must be filed through the MTBPS portal during this 45-day comment period, and all comments will be visible to the public.</p>
<p>The USITC has recorded a <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4681893537892068108" target="_blank" rel="noopener">webinar</a>, &ldquo;How to File a Comment on a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Petition,&rdquo; which includes step-by-step instructions on how to file comments through the MTBPS portal. Among other helpful comments, the webinar notes that:</p>
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<li>Petitioners will NOT receive alerts if or when their petitions receive comments;</li>
<li>Commenters (and rebutting petitioners) must bracket confidential information so as not to be included in any public version of the comments and rebuttals; and</li>
<li>While all petitions are currently available in the MTBPS portal, USITC will soon provide a link to a user-friendly Excel file of all petitions with limited information such as product name, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number and petition ID number.</li>
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Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Public Comment Period Opens