An auto parts company is asking the Court of International Trade to reverse President Trump’s termination of the de minimis tariff exemption for low-value Chinese shipments, saying both the White House has no power to unilaterally narrow or eliminate de minimis and that changes to the program can be made only through formal rulemaking.
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Tariffs on semiconductors would deter foreign investment, hinder onshoring efforts and ultimately weaken U.S. national security, foreign governments and companies based abroad told the Commerce Department this month.
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Recently announced deals that would allow sensitive U.S. technology to be exported to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates threaten U.S. national security because of those countries’ close ties to Beijing and the likelihood that China will gain access to advanced infrastructure built with U.S. tech, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have warned the Trump administration.
The leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party want the leaders of the secretaries of State and Commerce, along with the Federal Communications Commission chair, to cooperate with allies in avoiding the use of an open-source operating system they claim could expand China’s digital authoritarianism.
The U.S. has a chance to “reset” the global trading order to boost trade between like-minded allies amid the Trump administration’s tariff-heavy trade shift, analysts told lawmakers on Wednesday, though some warned the U.S. risks squandering that opportunity if it cannot settle with allies.
The Bureau of Industry and Security on Wednesday warned companies that exports to China of advanced semiconductors that can be used to train artificial intelligence models likely violate U.S. export rules and confirmed it will not enforce a framework for new AI controls that had been set to take effect on Thursday, choosing instead to develop an alternative.
The House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday approved language that would eliminate de minimis treatment for low-value goods by 2027 as the Trump administration moves to unilaterally kill de minimis entry as part of its new tariff regime.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that President Trump’s first-term phase-one trade deal with China will be a model for negotiations during the countries’ new, mutual 90-day tariff “pause,” downplaying China’s failure to follow through on that agreement as the product of lax enforcement by the Biden administration.