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Week in review: Face-to-face negotiations are expected to continue; Section 232 and national security; Debate on Huawei strengthens; CFIUS April 22, 2019
Week in Review: Negotiations Concluding Without a Deal, Huawei’s Saga Continues, and Congress Announces a Sanctions Bill Against China April 5, 2019
Week in review: Negotiations to Continue Next Week; Huawei; US Auto Report; and More March 22, 2019
Week in Review: Presidents May Meet in April as Negotiations Continue and US Continues Huawei Warnings March 15, 2019
Week in Review: Lighthizer Testifies on US-China Trade Negotiations; Battle Against Huawei; US Wins WTO Case Against China March 1, 2019

Week in review: Face-to-face negotiations are expected to continue; Section 232 and national security; Debate on Huawei strengthens; CFIUS

April 22nd, 2019
By Angela Deng
Both sides plan more in-person negotiations, striving for a presidential summit in late-May, while US gains leverage from two WTO cases Debate on the constitutionality and national security basis of Section 232 tariffs continues Telecom battle between the United States and China continues One Chinese acquisition approved by CFIUS, another crumbles after CFIUS delay

Both sides plan more in-person negotiations, striving for a presidential summit in late-May, while US gains leverage from two...

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Week in Review: Negotiations Concluding Without a Deal, Huawei’s Saga Continues, and Congress Announces a Sanctions Bill Against China

April 5th, 2019
By Angela Deng
No deal yet and no date set for a presidential meeting, but talks continue to make progress US will present classified evidence in Huawei case, and intensifies warnings about the company’s role in 5G Congressional bill to crack down on fentanyl shipments from China USTR releases its annual National Trade Estimates Report Domestic debate on Section 232 tariffs, WTO also weighs in

No deal yet and no date set for a presidential meeting, but talks continue to make progress

Trade...

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Week in review: Negotiations to Continue Next Week; Huawei; US Auto Report; and More

March 22nd, 2019
By Angela Deng
Negotiations continue in Beijing next week, but presidential meeting still unconfirmed US defends its Huawei strategy, while China continues to dismiss US warnings Contradictory information about auto tariff report, and Commerce gets sued for not disclosing the report’s findings Trump reverses Treasury’s sanctions against two Chinese shipping companies

Negotiations continue in Beijing next week, but presidential meeting still unconfirmed

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and...

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Week in Review: Presidents May Meet in April as Negotiations Continue and US Continues Huawei Warnings

March 15th, 2019
By Angela Deng
  Presidential meeting may take place in April, trade negotiations continue

While bilateral trade negotiations may conclude in the next few weeks, a meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi appears to no longer be under consideration for March, but may take place in April.

Both countries are reportedly still working on the details of a possible agreement. According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday, too much work remains for the two presidents to...

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Week in Review: Lighthizer Testifies on US-China Trade Negotiations; Battle Against Huawei; US Wins WTO Case Against China

March 1st, 2019
By Angela Deng
Tariff hike suspended; Lighthizer discusses progress made in trade talks Bill introduced to set up a tariff exclusion process for the $200 billion list Canada to decide on extradition case, US continues to spread warnings about Huawei US wins WTO case against China on agricultural subsidies

Tariff hike suspended; Lighthizer discusses progress made in trade talks

In a Federal Register Notice released this week, the Office of US Trade Representative (USTR) formally...

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Week in review: Progress in trade talks; Report on auto tariffs; Huawei; Lighthizer to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee next week

February 22nd, 2019
By Angela Deng
Outlines of an agreement start to take shape Report on auto tariffs completed Mixed messages from the US on Huawei

Outlines of an agreement start to take shape at this week’s bilateral trade negotiations

Bilateral trade negotiations this week continued to make progress on several memoranda of understanding (MOUs) that could serve as the framework of a potential trade deal between the two countries. Few details are known about what the six MOUs include and if they will lead to an...

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Week in Review: Status of Negotiations; Proposed Policy Response to MIC 2025; Congressional Trade Authority; and More

February 15th, 2019
By Angela Deng
No deal yet, but trade negotiations to continue next week, Congress weighs in New spending bill requires effective tariff exclusion processes for Section 232 and Section 301 Recent congressional statements on China Policy task force suggests a balanced approach to managing US-China relationship

No deal yet, but trade negotiations to continue next week, Congress weighs in

This week’s bilateral trade negotiations in Beijing ended without an agreement, but further talks will be held...

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Week in Review: US Delegation Heading to China Next Week; Disagreement Among Senate Finance Committee Leadership on Trade With China; and More

February 8th, 2019
By Angela Deng
Lighthizer and Mnuchin to continue trade negotiations next week, though presidents now not expected to meet before deadline Senate Finance Committee leadership divided on Congress’s role in trade negotiations with China Senate introduces another bill to restrict presidential tariff authority, while Trump asks Congress to expand it US continues to restrict Huawei’s and ZTE’s access to US domestic and global markets USTR releases report on China’s WTO compliance; IP Enforcement Coordinator...
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Week in Review: US-China Trade Negotiations; Senate Intelligence Hearing; Congress Reasserts Section 232 Authority; CBO and Central Bank Warnings on Trade Dispute Impact

February 1st, 2019
By Angela Deng

Progress but no agreement at this week’s US-China trade negotiations

The high-level negotiations between the United States and China this week made limited progress on some of the key bilateral trade issues, but few details have been announced beyond a new planned purchase of US soybeans. Despite the lack of tangible outcomes, both countries agreed to continue their discussions in February, potentially concluding with a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and...

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Week in review: Meeting between Liu He and Lighthizer next week; Congress weighs in on the 90-day negotiations; Huawei; Davos; House introduces bill on China; IMF warns about trade tensions

January 25th, 2019
By Angela Deng

Liu He will visit the United States next week despite confusion about preparatory meeting

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will meet with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin next week from January 30 to 31, continuing the negotiations that began at the mid-level meetings from January 7 to 9. The high-level meeting will proceed according to plan despite reports that preparatory meetings were cancelled for this week. Few details are known about...

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