President Trump’s signature tariff policies are akin to threats to “beat people” with wooden clubs, former U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said this week, defending the Biden administration’s “worker-focused” trade agenda as the best path forward for Democrats.
March 19, 2025
World Trade Online
Some in the agricultural sector are hoping the Trump administration will pursue solutions to trade barriers instead of reciprocal tariffs, industry representatives said on Wednesday.
China’s State Council on Wednesday issued new rules relating to foreign intellectual property disputes that warn against complying with “discriminatory measures” imposed by other countries, while also promising countermeasures against those deemed to be discriminating.
While the U.S. under President Trump is focused on tariffs as the driver of U.S. trade policy, Washington should look to build on its success in the frequently “invisible” area of services trade, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Wednesday.
Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are engaged in “ongoing discussions” with federal officials that could moot the Biden-era order blocking their merger, according to a new Justice Department court filing issued over a month after President Trump said a revised deal could be imminent.
Industry groups are at odds over how U.S. Customs and Border Protection should handle a pair of proposed rules crafted by the Biden administration to overhaul how it applies the de minimis tariff exclusion for packages worth $800 or less, with some backing the policies or seeking only minor changes while others are pushing the White House to scrap them altogether.