A recent U.S. court ruling held that the Trump administration's decision to end the de minimis exemption from tariffs for low-value imports was legal.

Last week, the Trump administration finalized a set of tariffs and other measures on the sale of polysilicon and derivative products. These actions build on earlier ones that target imports of Chinese solar products, with an extension to products made by Chinese companies in third countries being one of the

As part of the process for setting up a mechanism to oversee U.S.-China trade, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) has received hundreds of comments from interested parties.

Last week, the Trump administration initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 into whether imports of certain coal products threaten national security. For one of the two products at issues, there are a significant number of imports from China.

In two recent WTO meetings, for which the minutes were recently circulated, China raised concerns with a range of EU measures: EU steel tariffs, an Italian decree on renewable energy sources, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and the Industrial Accelerator Act.

Recent reports reveal the massive impact of trade friction with Beijing, showing an overall squeeze that has battered U.S. firms. The fallout inflicted a $14.9 billion blow on U.S. farm exports, while leaving nearly three-quarters of U.S. firms grappling with tariff headwinds.

In a determination issued late last night, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) set tariff rates in its Section 301 investigation of whether 60 economies prohibit imports made with forced labor. China and Hong Kong were hit with 12.5% tariffs, while Taiwan got 10%. USTR will