{"id":"9f04678e-d12a-40de-8e27-8eba4d9b6eb1","task":"Monitor the 2026 Section 201 global safeguard investigation on quartz surface products to estimate landed-cost impact before locking in slab pricing for a large project.","domain":"usitc.gov / federalregister.gov","steps":["Confirm the USITC's 1 April 2026 injury determination (2-1 vote) that quartz surface product imports are a substantial cause of serious injury to the domestic industry (Investigation No. TA-201-79)","Review the USITC's 5 May 2026 remedy vote recommending a four-year tariff-rate quota: 140 million square feet annual quota, 25% in-quota / 40% above-quota tariff in Year 1, stepping down one point per year","Confirm Canada, Mexico, Singapore, and South Korea are recommended for FTA exclusion from the safeguard tariff","Check whether a presidential proclamation implementing, modifying, or rejecting the USITC's recommendation has been issued — no proclamation had been issued as of mid-June 2026, with historical Section 201 timing suggesting action within roughly 60 days of the report","Track federalregister.gov's Quartz Surface Products docket for the final USTR/White House action and effective date"],"gotchas":["This was a proposed remedy, not yet a final tariff, as of the most recently confirmed status (mid-2026) — do not quote a client a locked-in tariff rate as if it were already in effect","This 2026 safeguard action stacks on top of the existing country-specific AD/CVD orders on China, India, and Turkiye — a slab from an AD/CVD-covered country could face both duty regimes simultaneously"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T01:33:45.448Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9f04678e-d12a-40de-8e27-8eba4d9b6eb1"}