As the European Commission weighs measures to counter Chinese overcapacity and reduce strategic dependencies, the question is how far Brussels is willing to go. Divisions among member states and Europe’s conti... (more story)

President Donald Trump’s high-stakes visit to Beijing last week projected stability to the difficult trading relationship with China but offered little else, with the fragile truce still in place and existing ... (more story)

US manufacturers are hoping Section 301 tariffs will fill a perceived enforcement gap that traditional duty orders have failed to address. Witnesses at a recent government hearing on the matter included repres... (more story)

Discussion of chip export controls was notably absent from the recent Trump-Xi summit, reflecting in part Beijing’s reduced urgency to secure relief from US curbs as China accelerates its push for technologica... (more story)

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s question to Donald Trump about whether the US and China can escape the “Thucydides Trap” framed a summit that showed the two powers are learning to manage competition rather than... (more story)

European companies are exploring the recovery of costs linked to US tariffs struck down by the US Supreme Court in February. Consultancies and law firms are assessing demand for claims, MLex has learned. While... (more story)

EU lawmakers and member states have a good chance of agreeing to greenlight the EU-US trade agreement in talks on Tuesday, overshadowed by US President Donald Trump's threat of "much higher tariffs" if the dea... (more story)

Vietnam’s elevation to “Priority Foreign Country” status in the US Special 301 Report suggests that legislative reforms and short-term crackdowns may no longer satisfy Washington, as the US increasingly pushes... (more story)