{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} '''Section 201''' of the US Trade Act of 1974 ({{UnitedStatesCode|19|2251}}) permits the President to grant temporary import relief, by raising import duties or imposing nontariff barriers on goods entering the United States that injure or threaten to injure domestic industries producing like goods. The provision is the analog of Article XIX of the GATT, which allows GATT contracting parties to provide relief from injurious competition if temporary protection will enable the domestic industry to make adjustments to meet the competition.
== Enforcement == Section 201 is rarely invoked. Nevertheless, there was a major April 2017 case involving the solar industry in the United States, where Suniva, a solar module manufacturer based in Atlanta, Georgia, declared bankruptcy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2017/03/30/breaking-suniva-lays-off-workers-in-georgia-michigan/|title=Suniva lays off 131 workers in Georgia, closes Michigan plant|website=pv magazine USA|date=30 March 2017|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2017/04/11/suniva-violated-warn-act-provisions-in-layoffs-employees-say/|title=Suniva violated WARN Act provisions in layoffs, employees say|website=pv magazine USA|date=11 April 2017|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2017/04/18/breaking-suniva-files-for-bankruptcy/|title=Suniva files for chapter 11 bankruptcy|website=pv magazine USA|date=18 April 2017|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> and within a week had filed a trade complaint using Section 201 as its primary basis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2017/04/26/breaking-suniva-petition-could-start-new-global-solar-trade-war/|title=BREAKING: Suniva petition could start new global solar trade war|website=pv magazine USA|date=26 April 2017|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref>
== References ==
*{{CRS|article = Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition|url = http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf|author= Jasper Womach}}
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