As the U.S. Senate and House work to agree on wide-ranging federal budget legislation, it looks increasingly likely that the final version will repeal the $800 de minimis duty exemption that was enacted in 2015, going a step further than the Trump administration's previous executive action to

The Trump administration has rejected a request by printing and imaging company Ninestar to be taken off the UFLPA Entity List. The company and the administration are currently trying to work out a way forward in the matter.

Last week, Canada announced that it would be imposing a new 50% surtax, functioning as a tariff-rate quota, on certain steel imports from countries with whom it does not have a trade agreement.

In response to concerns about a Chinese company's purchase of land near a military base, the state of Texas has enacted a new law that restricts investment from China and other foreign adversaries.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * Chinese talks with New Zealand and Central Asian countries * Declining agriculture imports from U.S. * U.S. lawsuit on ending of de minimis exemption for Chinese imports * U.S. AD/CVDs on solar products from Southeast Asian countries * European Commission procurement restrictions

The United Kingdom has set out a new trade strategy, which offers broad guidance on how it sees its economic relationship with China.

The U.S. government is now imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties in linked cases on solar products from four Southeast Asian countries, with much of the production being done by Chinese companies. These determinations could lead to litigation in U.S. courts or at the WTO.