Yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) released its annual report to Congress on China's WTO compliance, with continued criticism of China's trade policies and practices.

Yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office published a series of policy papers, one of which was entitled "Countering Non-Market Policies and Practices to Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience" and focused on Chinese practices, including economic coercion.

In late December, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office started an investigation into Chinese policies and practices that it said were designed to "dominate domestic and global markets in the semiconductor industry," focusing on foundational semiconductors and silicon carbide substrates (or other wafers used as inputs

Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced tariff increases under Section 301 for imports of certain tungsten products, wafers, and polysilicon from China.

Yesterday, President-Elect Trump announced Jamieson Greer as his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative. Greer served as Chief of Staff for Trump's previous U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during Trump's first term, and is likely to continue the tough China trade policies of that period.

The issue of overcapacity continues to be a top one for the Biden administration, although despite frequently raising it with their Chinese counterparts, no progress has been made.

At a hearing today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) heard from several industry groups in relation to a request for comments on China's compliance with its WTO obligations.