The U.S. government is now imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties in linked cases on solar products from four Southeast Asian countries, with much of the production being done by Chinese companies. These determinations could lead to litigation in U.S. courts or at the WTO.

In a recent preliminary determination, the U.S. Commerce Department has made a finding that transnational subsidies exist in a case involving a Chinese manufacturer that invested in Cambodia.

In a decision issued earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce made a preliminary determination in a countervailing duty (CVD) case involving imports of processed graphite from China, an input used in battery production.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce made its first determinations involving transnational subsidies under new regulations that allow these subsidies to be countervailed, in linked cases on solar products from four Southeast Asian countries. These determinations could lead to litigation in U.S. courts or at the WTO on

A petition alleging that imported chassis from Mexico and Thailand have been subsidized and are causing injury to a U.S. industry is the latest U.S. CVD case to cite Chinese "transnational subsidies."

Yesterday, President Donald Trump directed the Secretary of Commerce to initiate a Section 232 investigation of copper imports, involving a review of whether these imports threaten to impair national security.

President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, had a confirmation hearing in the Senate today, with China trade issues seeing only a limited discussion. Several Republican Senators raised issues related to tech and AI competition, with Lutnick offering a response that was tough, but light on