Phase One Deal Signed, Yet Many Issues Remain
President Trump has signed an initial trade deal with China. In a ceremony with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House today,...
U.S. and China Agree to Phase One Deal
The United States and China announced today they have reached an agreement on the details of a Phase One trade deal. Text of the...
What Economic Leaders Are Saying About the China Trade War—And Then There is Hong...
Comments by several prominent economic thinkers who have spoken out in recent days regarding the impact of recent trade wars with China and the...
President Trump Signals Long Term Effort to Decouple from China
Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative announced that they had established a process to request an extension to exclusion requests that had been granted...
USTR Announces Process for Requesting Extensions of Granted Exclusions for Sec. 301 List 1
USTR has established a process to request an extension of up to 12 months for exclusions granted on December 28, 2019, from List 1...
Department of Commerce Inspector General Finds Improper Influence by 232 Application Objectors
The Department of Commerce OIG issued a management alert that the BIS may have allowed undue influence of an objector to the 232 exclusion...
USTR Announces Exclusion Process for Section 301 List 4A
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on October 18th that on October 31, 2019 thru January 31, 2020, it will accept tariff exclusion...
United States & Japan Announce Trade Agreement
The United States and Japan have reached agreement on early achievements from negotiations in the areas of market access for certain agriculture and industrial...
Treasury Releases Proposed Regulations to Reform National Security Reviews for Certain Foreign Investments
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued proposed regulations to comprehensively implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) and...
President Trump Announces Delay on Oct. 1 Tariff Hike
President Trump, in a pair of tweets yesterday, announced he plans to delay the imposition of an additional 5% duty on $250 billion worth...
