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Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) on Wednesday renewed her call to end de minimis tariff waivers for all shipments worth $800 or less, attacking as a “half measure” President Trump’s now-scrapped order disqualifying Chinese imports while conceding that broader reform will require a “transitional” phase-in.

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The Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid has halted purchases of U.S. agricultural goods exported as food assistance, putting downward pressure on already low commodity prices, lawmakers and U.S. trade group representatives said Wednesday.

The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday evening that it would not accept inbound packages from China, following President Trump’s imposition of new tariffs and suspension of de minimis treatment for low-value shipments from the country, but reversed itself hours later in an early sign of the complexities the new trade orders will create in implementation.

China on Tuesday imposed 15 percent tariffs on U.S. coal and liquefied natural gas and a 10 percent tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, cars and pickup trucks, set up export controls on more critical minerals, added two U.S. companies to its unreliable entities list and launched an antimonopoly investigation into Google -- all as new U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods took effect.

Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are needed to address the movement of fentanyl into the U.S. as well as lopsided trade deficits, President Trump said on Friday, addressing an expected announcement on Saturday of new duties on the three countries while previewing tariffs he said would come soon on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and oil and gas, among other products.

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday used a hearing on Chinese global influence on to decry President Trump’s foreign aid freeze, arguing that it opens the door for China to fill a void left by the U.S.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's recent completed investigation into Chinese shipbuilding practices was “flawed” because USTR falsely blames China for a long-uncompetitive U.S. shipbuilding industry, a Cato Institute analyst tells Inside U.S. Trade.

The European Commission is working to engage with the new U.S. administration on shared concerns about China, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič told lawmakers in Brussels on Wednesday, suggesting closer alignment could help the EU avoid new tariffs threatened by President Trump.