Abstract
This article analyzes the legal and regulatory foundations of the U.S. Government's decision to impose unilateral tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, including the 100 percent tariff enacted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, the 25 percent tariff established under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. It focuses on how rules of origin influence the effectiveness of these measures and examines how Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers might design supply chain strategies to circumvent tariffs by classifying vehicles as non-Chinese.
Citation
Carlos F. Aguirre Cardenas,
Rules of Origin and U.S. Tariffs on
Imported Electric Vehicles:
What Makes a Car Chinese?,
36 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
43-86
(2026)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/djcil/vol36/iss1/2