The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing today to consider the nomination of Joseph Barloon to be the Deputy United States Trade Representative in Geneva and the U.S. Ambassador to the WTO, with questions about the Trump administration's approach to China in the WTO as one issue

Following up on an April 8 Congressional hearing on the U.S. trade policy agenda, several U.S. Senators have asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer some specific questions about trade policies relating to China, including responses to China's Made in 2025 program, potential costs to U.

In an interview yesterday with Fox News, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer pushed back on the idea that President Trump's trade agenda was all about China, and instead emphasized the administration's broader concerns with trade deficits and U.S. manufacturing.

Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its Special 301 report "on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights," repeating many of its long-standing complaints about Chinese policies and practices in this area.

Yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) announced a remedy related to shipping fees in the Section 301 investigation on China's practices in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors, with an additional component for tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes still to be decided.

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today on the U.S. trade policy agenda, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer made clear that the Trump administration would look to enforce the Phase One deal signed during Trump's first term.

Yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office issued its 2025 report on foreign trade barriers, with a detailed section criticizing various Chinese laws and regulations.