Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Trump Reconsiders TPP Stance, May Have Renewed Interest in Multilateral Agreement
Ahead of talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scheduled for this week, President Trump told a group of governors and lawmakers in a meeting on Thursday, April 12th that the United States was looking to rejoin…
Treasury Declines to Name China a Currency Manipulator
On April 13, 2018, the Treasury Department released its biannual report to Congress on the Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States, which declined to formally label…
UK Unpacks Encryption Controls
Despite the fact that export controls on dual-use goods derive from international agreements such as the Wassenaar Arrangement, significant differences can be seen as controls are implemented by different countries.…
Trump Administration Considering Using IEEPA to Block Chinese Acquisitions
According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration is considering using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to block Chinese investments in industries or technologies “deemed important” to the U.S.…
Trump Administration Releases Proposed List of Chinese Products for Additional 25% Tariffs
The Trump Administration is using an infrequently used provision of the trade laws, Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose an additional 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese products imported into the…