TariffS & Trade Advocacy
SFIA actively engages with policymakers to represent the industry’s voice, including submitting formal comments on key tariff and trade policy matters.
Filed Comments
In response to USTR Request for Comments on Further Suspension of Section 301 Action: China’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance (USTR Public Docket USTR-2026-0430)
Filed Comments
In response to USTR Request for Comments on the Scope and Operation of a Mechanism To Promote Reciprocal Managed Trade With China (USTR Public Docket USTR-2026-0430)
Filed Comments
In response to Section 301 Investigation Regarding Vietnam’s Identification as a Priority Foreign Country (USTR Public Docket USTR-2026-0364)
Filed Comments
In response to Section 301 Investigations of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Certain Economies Relating to Structural Excess Capacity and Production in Manufacturing Sectors (USTR Public Docket USTR-2026-0067)
Filed Comments
In response to Section 301 Investigation into China’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance (USTR Public DocketUSTR-2025-0274)
Filed Comments
In response to Section 232 Inclusion Request (Department of Commerce BIS Public Docket BIS-2025-0023-0694)
Filed Comments
In response to USTR Request for Comments on Significant Foreign Trade Barriers for the 2027 National Trade Estimate Report (USTR Public Docket USTR-2026-0430)
Connect with our Government Affairs Team
Advocacy is built on relationships. SFIA actively engages with policymakers, coalition partners, business leaders, embassies, and industry stakeholders in Washington, D.C. and beyond to advance policies that strengthen sports and fitness participation and support the organizations that make it possible.
Aneysha Bhat
Director, Government Affairs & Strategic Advocacy
Aneysha leads SFIA's advocacy strategy and is the primary point of contact for policy questions, coalition inquiries, and government affairs conversations.
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Also Supporting Our Advocacy Work
Todd SMith
President & CEO
Bonnie McLaughlin
Vice President, External Affairs & Industry Relations
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