Today, the foreign minsters of China and Japan held a phone call, during which both sides stressed their concerns about trade restrictions, while highlighting areas for cooperation.

In our fifth post on documents related to U.S.-China negotiations on China's accession to the GATT/WTO, we describe remarks by a USTR official at the 7th meeting of the GATT Working Party on China's accession.

Earlier this week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued its 2022 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (Notorious Markets List, or NML), which "highlights prominent and illustrative examples of online and physical markets that reportedly engage in, facilitate, turn a blind eye to, or

In January, China's Ministry of Commerce completed expiry reviews of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on U.S. distiller's dried grains (DDGs), and made a determination to extend the duties for another five years.

Multiple media sources have reported that the Biden Administration has stopped issuing licenses for all exports of U.S. products to China's tech giant Huawei, extending an existing ban on sales to Huawei. This will be another blow to Huawei's business, and could further increase the

A Chinese investment in a North Dakota corn mill facility was formally approved by a U.S. federal government body last month, but there is continued political pressure to block the investment. A U.S. Air Force official has now weighed in with concerns.

Two Republican Congressmen have introduced legislation that would revoke China's permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status. This legislation, if enacted, would lead to annual reviews, linked to human rights concerns, of U.S. tariffs on China.