China’s rare earth exports dipped modestly in September while sales of high‑value magnets, which are vital to everything from electric cars to fighter jets, remained strong, with the exception of exports to the U.S. This underscores Beijing's grip over the market for some of the

On Friday, USTR initiated a Section 301 investigation of China's compliance with the Phase One trade deal, adding a new element to the broadening U.S.-China trade conflict.

Adding to the list of Canada-China trade conflicts, the Canadian government announced on Friday that it was initiating anti-dumping/countervailing duty investigations on imports of truck bodies from China.

This week, economic friction between China and the U.S. continued to deepen. China's Ministry of Commerce issued its 2025 Report on WTO Compliance of the United States, accusing Washington of systematically violating WTO rules and undermining the multilateral trading system. The Trump administration followed through on another

The New York Times is reporting today that the Trump administration is likely to begin a Section 301 investigation to evaluate China's compliance with its obligations under the 2020 Phase One trade deal. In the report, the Times says that "[t]he Trump administration is preparing to

The European Union has adopted the 19th package of sanctions against Russia, making headlines for its inclusion of major Chinese energy and technology companies accused of supporting Moscow’s military effort in Ukraine. This move has sparked immediate criticism from Beijing and is likely to create another source of contention

In a new piece, Tobias Gehrke and Janka Oertel of the European Council on Foreign Relations set out a number of ways the EU could escalate the ongoing trade conflict with China, in order to ultimately negotiate its way to a "landing zone."