This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * China’s retaliatory measures against U.S. tariffs * Antitrust investigations on U.S. firms * China-Kyrgyzstan trade talks * 2024 review of Chinese sanctions * MOFCOM comments on U.S.-China trade disputes In the U.S.: * President Trump imposes 10% tariffs on

At a Senate confirmation hearing for Jamieson Greer, the nominee to be President Trump's U.S. Trade Representative, Senators pressed Greer on a number of issues related to China, including non-tariff barriers and subsidies, and enforcement of the Phase One trade deal.

China's request for consultations at the WTO relating to the Trump administration's 10% tariffs has now been posted on the WTO web site.

One important element of the recent tariffs imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was to eliminate the exemption for de minimis shipments (items in amounts of $800 or less), which will have a significant impact on certain retailers who sell products from China directly

At the WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting of October 28, 2024, for which the minutes were recently circulated, China raised concerns related to the EU's CVD investigation against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and Morocco brought up an EU investigation relating to "transnational subsidies"

At the WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting of October 28, 2024, for which the minutes were recently circulated, issues related to the treatment of transnational subsidies and weak labor rights and other protections in new U.S. countervailing duty regulations were considered.

Yesterday, President Trump announced that he would impose tariffs of 25% on Mexican imports, 25% on Canadian imports for most products (10% on energy products), and 10% on Chinese imports, in an effort to force these countries to take action to stem the flow of fentanyl products to the U.