In two recent media appearances, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was asked about the upcoming visit of President Xi Jinping to the United States.

At the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina this week, the Trump administration continued to highlight its concerns with China's trade surplus, although no resolution was immediately apparent.

At the end of July, the Trump administration made significant additions to the list of entities having ties to forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer gave a brief overview of his view of the current trade situation with rare earths, as well as a preview of the planned meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi in September.

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.

Today, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) published a request for comments on the proposed U.S.-China Board of Trade, which has been talked about for several months and was agreed upon by Presidents Trump and Xi during their recent meeting in China. These comments could