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USTR digital trade barrier claims a concern, South Korean official says April 25, 2025 | Bradley Dress and Mike Swift

A top South Korean official raised concerns about the US Trade Representative’s claims that his country has several digital trade barriers and said he plans to discuss the issue this week while in Washington. 

Biosafety group urges US Commerce for export controls on nucleic acids April 25, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The head of a major biosafety group told a Commerce Department advisory committee today that enhanced screening of synthetic nucleic acids is needed for compliance with export controls, warning of the danger o... (more story)

EU, China should join forces on WTO reform, Chinese trade experts argue April 25, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

A group of Chinese trade experts is working on ideas to reform the World Trade Organization, ahead of the EU-China summit in late July. The experts aim to turn their proposals into a joint statement to be pres... (more story)

China to protect jobs, aid businesses as tariff risks loom April 25, 2025 | MLex Staff

China is ramping up efforts to shield businesses from soaring US tariffs, rolling out measures to stabilize employment and mitigate economic strain as trade tensions persist. At today's economic meeting of the... (more story)

Malaysia open to negotiating trade deficit, non-tariff barriers with US April 25, 2025 | Dalila Abu Bakar

Malaysia said it is open to negotiating with the US on key trade concerns, including reducing the trade deficit and addressing non-tariff barriers, as part of efforts to resolve a dispute over reciprocal tarif... (more story)

South Korea seeks US tariff relief before suspension expires April 25, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea called on the US to exempt its products from existing and potential tariffs during a high-level meeting with US officials, seeking to secure relief before a suspension on reciprocal tariffs expires... (more story)

Indian imports of grinding ball construction material harm industry, US producer says April 24, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The only US producer of a key mining and construction material today urged the US International Trade Commission to find that industry is harmed by dumped imports of like product from India, alleging cheap pri... (more story)

Silicon metal companies petition US Commerce, ITC for antidumping determination April 24, 2025 | Zack Budryk

Two US metallurgical companies petitioned the US Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission today to impose antidumping duties on ferrosilicon from five foreign countries.

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Trump faces uphill climb defending against mounting US tariff lawsuits April 25, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The Trump administration is staring down a growing number of tough legal challenges as it prepares to head to court and justify the constitutionality of the White House’s sweeping tariffs. 

Brazil pursuing negotiation, rather than conflict in trade dispute with US April 25, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

The Lula administration has been following a path that has established Brazil as a prominent global diplomat. Flavia Loss de Araujo, a professor of International Relations at the Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, ... (more story)

US port fee proposal seeks return to maritime trade hegemony April 24, 2025 | Zack Budryk

Amid ongoing brinksmanship over tariffs, both against China specifically and the world at large, the US government has also announced a new port fee regime that seeks to claw back US shipping from China. Howev... (more story)

China's legal arsenal stands ready as trade war persists April 24, 2025 | MLex Staff

China has yet to deploy its full array of legal countermeasures against US trade frictions, keeping in reserve expanded extraterritorial powers and other mechanisms that could escalate tensions between the wor... (more story)

Competition regulators eyeing changes to US markets from import tariffs April 23, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Under conventional antitrust analysis, companies acting independently to raise prices receive significant protection from antitrust enforcement. But in markets where foreign companies compete, that analysis fa... (more story)

US FTC probes data brokers' international commerce with new data law in effect April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift

The new Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act could emerge as a new area for data protection enforcement by the US Federal Trade Commission, with the regulator now investigating multiple data... (more story)

US-China trade war spurs concern of move toward decoupling April 17, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The US-China trade war escalated in the past few weeks to sky-high tariffs that have spurred concerns of an accelerated decoupling between the world’s two largest economies and has raised questions about the r... (more story)

Meta whistleblower stresses long-term UK online safety risks from US trade talks April 17, 2025 | Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo

Speculation is rife that the UK’s online safety law is a pawn in ongoing trade negotiations with the Trump administration in the US, which sees it as as a censorship tool. But a former Meta employee told MLex ... (more story)