Thursday, October 30, 2025
In newly signed critical minerals agreements with Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia, the U.S. has secured commitments to combat unfair and nonmarket trading practices via pricing measures, with the texts of all but the Japan deal referring specifically to the use of price floors.
The U.S. should seek to expand reciprocal tariff-free treatment for aerospace and defense products in bilateral trade deals, 24 Republican lawmakers have told U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
The Commerce Department on Thursday issued a new round of export controls on advanced quantum, semiconductor and additive manufacturing technologies that includes a novel license exception for countries deemed to have comparable controls.
A range of industry groups are urging the Commerce Department to pause its implementation of a rule that allows it to block information and communications technology and services transactions involving entities from a so-called "foreign adversary" at least until the department implements a voluntary pre-clearance process.
Trade policy should only be one aspect of the U.S. government’s response to China’s technological rise, a senior Pentagon research official said this week, calling on the U.S. to focus more on investing in research and development if it hopes to maintain a strategic advantage over China in high-tech areas.