A summary of the trade policy reports requested by President Trump back in January identifies several key China trade issues that his administration will focus on: The Phase One deal; the Section 301 investigation carried out during Trump's first term; new Section 301 investigations; Permanent Normal Trade Relations;

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Legal dispute involving the first application of China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law * Antitrust review of BlackRock-CK Hutchison deal * China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Economic and Trade Ministers' Meeting * Services trade data * Update on anti-dumping investigation on EU brandy  * New SPS actions

Yesterday, the Trump administration initiated a broad trade war with the entire world, imposing a baseline 10% tariff on all countries, with a higher level on countries it deemed to have higher tariffs and non-tariff barriers. The additional tariff imposed on Chinse imports will be 34%. The administration also eliminated

At the WTO Council for Trade in Goods meeting of December 2-3, 2024, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated, China raised concerns with recent trade restrictions imposed or considered by Canada and the U.S.

Yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office issued its 2025 report on foreign trade barriers, with a detailed section criticizing various Chinese laws and regulations.

As part of the remedies phase of its Section 301 investigation on maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) held a hearing to gather input from interested parties on the remedies it is considering in the case.

In its written submission in the Chinese complaint against its Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) subsidies, the U.S. has argued that there is no violation of the WTO SCM Agreement, and also that the public morals and security exceptions provide a justification for its measures.