At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today on the U.S. trade policy agenda, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer made clear that the Trump administration would look to enforce the Phase One deal signed during Trump's first term.

The WTO has just posted China's request for consultations on the recent Trump administration "reciprocal tariffs" imposed on most countries, including China.

An official communication from the WTO panel hearing the China - Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (DS611) dispute indicates that the report will be circulated soon and an appeal is on the way.

A public interest law firm has filed the first lawsuit against the Trump administration's recent tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), targeting the tariffs imposed in February and March on Chinese imports.

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