Items Tagged with 'Section 301'

Several U.S. agricultural groups are urging the administration to expand existing investigations into unfair trade practices to cover agricultural commodities – or mount a new agriculture or commodity-specific trade probe.

Beijing has responded to two U.S. trade investigations mounted earlier this month by launching its own probes into U.S. trade practices, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Friday.

As the administration's new tariff instruments begin to take shape, they offer clues as to how the administration plans to wield tariffs in the second year of Trump’s term.

The Trump administration will investigate dozens of countries in two new probes into partners’ unfair trade practices, a top trade official told reporters Wednesday, which could be used to justify new tariffs. 

The longest government shutdown in history is over after 43 days. President Donald Trump signed legislation last night that will fund USDA, FDA and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the rest of fiscal 2026, and other departments and agencies through January.

The Agriculture Department says it’s illegal to use a contingency fund to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November.

Tthe U.S. will impose port fees on Chinese-made ships and Chinese operators based on cargo volumes but the measures will not apply to ships that arrive empty to transport U.S. commodities or to those on shorter routes.