I doubt that Biden or Trump were personally involved one way or another. The Executive Branch is huge, and the President just isn’t involved with the vast bulk of things that it does. An election only changes a few people at the very top who oversee the thing. Everyone else stays in place and keeps on going.
However, even if they somehow were, the timeline the article has is that the USTR recommended restrictions in 2018 – when Trump was in office. In 2022, when Biden was in office, there were temporary carve-outs created for these, so that the tariffs, which affected many other things, did not affect these to provide a window for companies to relocate. The article is talking about how these temporary carve-outs are ending.
I doubt that Biden or Trump were personally involved one way or another. The Executive Branch is huge, and the President just isn’t involved with the vast bulk of things that it does. An election only changes a few people at the very top who oversee the thing. Everyone else stays in place and keeps on going.
However, even if they somehow were, the timeline the article has is that the USTR recommended restrictions in 2018 – when Trump was in office. In 2022, when Biden was in office, there were temporary carve-outs created for these, so that the tariffs, which affected many other things, did not affect these to provide a window for companies to relocate. The article is talking about how these temporary carve-outs are ending.