The administration says more than 200 organizations now participate in a voluntary framework intended to keep data-center infrastructure costs off ordinary electric bills.
The Section 301 duties took effect July 24, generally at 10% or 12.5%, with product exemptions and special calculations for several major trading partners.
The 1974 trade law gives USTR a process for investigating foreign practices and imposing a response, but it does not make every tariff immune from scrutiny.
