China “appears” to have fallen far short of its commitments to the U.S. under a phase-one trade deal struck during the first Trump administration, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said on Friday, outlining its plans for a new probe into those commitments that could lead to new tariffs or other remedies.
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Democrats in Congress and the Washington state government are pushing the Supreme Court to strike down President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs on separation-of-powers grounds, claiming that allowing the duties to stand would allow the president to seize “core” legislative powers in defiance of the constitution.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved bipartisan bills calling for new export controls on China and Russia and enhanced multilateral efforts on critical minerals, both part of a slate of legislation aimed at containing the two governments’ geopolitical influence -- with a particular focus on defending Ukraine and Taiwan
The Supreme Court will expand its Nov. 5 hearing on the challenges to President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs to allow for separate presentations from lawyers for state and private plaintiffs, but the justices will not let competing coalitions of private importers make their own arguments even though they disagree with each other on key legal issues
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is set to open a probe into China’s compliance with the phase-one trade agreement reached during President Trump’s first term, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are setting out for Malaysia on Wednesday with plans to meet with their Chinese counterparts and attempt to work through elevated trade tensions ahead of an anticipated meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The House select China committee’s top Democrat is demanding that the White House set out a strategy to mitigate security risks from Chinese dominance in key industries, saying Beijing’s recent limits on exports of critical minerals and purchases of U.S. soybeans show how it could use such “chokepoints” to disrupt other sectors’ supply chains.
A Supreme Court decision in favor of President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs would give the executive “unlimited” power to set, revoke and change tariff rates with no meaningful oversight from the courts or Congress, plaintiffs argued Monday in their final round of written briefs for the litigation.