On Friday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced modifications to certain aspects of the action it took as part of its Section 301 investigation on China's practices in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors.

In response to China's recent announcements of expanded export controls, President Trump indicated that the U.S. will respond with 100% tariffs, as well as export controls on software and perhaps on Boeing parts.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce sanctioned 14 Western companies and several affiliates in the defense and intelligence sectors by adding them to the unreliable entity list.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce expanded its dual-use item list for export control purposes, by adding rare earths, rare earth-related technologies, raw materials, alloys, and processing equipment to the list, further tightening its export controls over the rare earth supply chain. New export controls According to MOFCOM'

China made a big announcement recently about giving up developing country status in WTO negotiations going forward, but the U.S. reacted with skepticism at a recent meeting.

Yesterday, China's top envoy to the World Trade Organization (WTO) accused the United States of disrupting global supply chains and using "power-based" trade policies that are eroding the rules-based multilateral system. The U.S. delegation pushed back and accused China of "incentiviz[ing] massive economic