TRADE DISPUTE

The Trump administration has denied more than 5,000 requests for exclusions from the additional tariffs it has imposed on imports from mainland China and has made over 1,000 approvals to date, according to information made available by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. More

The United States and mainland China saw “progress” in recent trade talks in Beijing but “much work remains,” according to a 15 February White House statement. Talks will continue in Washington during the week of 18 February as the two sides seek to avoid a scheduled 2 March increase in U.S. tariffs on US$200 billion worth of imports from the mainland from 10 percent to 25 percent. More

A recently released study entitled Estimated Impacts of Tariffs on the U.S. Economy and Workers represents yet another attempt to show the impact on U.S. workers, consumers, manufacturers and farmers of the additional tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on a broad range of goods. More

The United States is taking a more aggressive approach to ensure that mainland China, not the United States, bears the costs of its non-market economic system, according to a report from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. At the same time, the United States will encourage mainland China to make fundamental structural changes to its approach to the economy and trade. More