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Fighting Trade Cheats Act

The Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2023 or H.R.2667 is a bill introduced to Congress that would increase penalties for entities that knowingly flout U.S. trade law. The bill would allow any injured entity to bring a civil action against violators. The bill also includes a five-year ban on importing products from companies that have violated trade law. 

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Fighting Trade Cheats Act Reintroduced
February 18, 2025 |Congress

Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., reintroduced the Fighting Trade Cheats Act, which would allow domestic manufacturers to sue foreign producers for customs fraud. It would double penalties, and establish a five-year prohibition on importing products from past violators.

Topics:Fighting Trade Cheats Act
Free-Traders, Protectionists Tell Administration How to Spur Supply Chain Resiliency
May 3, 2024 by Mara Lee|Top News

In the first third of its first public hearing on promoting supply chain resilience, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and interagency officials heard from groups disputing the premise of the project -- that liberalizing trade was harmful to U.S. workers and manufacturing -- and from those who say the worker-centered trade approach of the Biden administration is not going far enough to restore American manufacturing.

Topics:321 de minimis, Section 301 tariff exclusions, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Section 301 tariffs, Customs duty, Section 232 Tariffs, Fighting Trade Cheats Act, USMCA, Permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) , Trump tariffs