A coalition of American business and agricultural groups is pressing the Trump administration to hold off on imposing fees on Chinese-built cargo ships, warning the fees would hike transportation costs that affect both importers and exporters.

In a TV interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed additional progress that was made today in the Trump administration's trade talks with their Chinese counterparts.

In a series of interviews yesterday and today in advance of President Xi's meeting with President Trump later this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer discussed progress that had been made so far in their talks with their Chinese counterparts, on issues

China warned it will take "all necessary measures" to protect its firms after Washington enacted aggressive new secondary sanction legislation, as Vice Premier He Lifeng is leading a delegation to the United States for high-level economic negotiations.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has strongly condemned recent comments by a senior U.S. intelligence official who identified Chinese technology companies as legitimate targets for American espionage, calling the stance a blunt display of "hegemony" and threatening countermeasures under its laws.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) rejected accusations by U.S. intelligence and security agencies that Chinese AI companies distill U.S. frontier models at an industrial scale, calling the claims groundless and threatening countermeasures if Washington uses the issue to suppress Chinese companies.

Yesterday, the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Cybersecurity Advisory to alert organizations about the "malicious activities and techniques" of Chinese companies related to AI theft, and "to recommend mitigations to reduce their potential impact.