U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer declined to mention specific products he'd like to facilitate importing from China following talks between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, but expanded the scope beyond what both he and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had previously said.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the administration will solicit comments on which types of "non-sensitive goods" should get tariff relief, so that trade can be facilitated between the U.S. and China.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the Board of Trade that the U.S. has discussed establishing is aimed at identifying $30 billion worth of Chinese imports of "things that the U.S. doesn’t want to make that we’re never going to reshore," and removing the tariffs from those goods. Bessent gave examples of fireworks "or very low-end consumer goods."
The chief executive and chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute said that trade policy changes have already undermined Mexico's steel producers, but that it's critical that USMCA be rewritten so that only steel melted and poured in Mexico, Canada or the U.S. be considered originating.
Takers of the April 2026 customs broker license exam have reported discrepancies between answers they listed on their own scratch paper tracking sheets and the digital score reports listing their recorded answers that were posted after the exam. Compounding those concerns are recent changes that limit the ability of test takers to appeal their scores to CBP.
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On the eve of President Donald Trump’s May 13-15 trip to Beijing, three veteran trade experts said the U.S. is moving toward a more “managed” approach to trade with China, as the administration prepares to raise a proposed U.S.-China Board of Trade during the visit.
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Goettman said he doesn't know if his agency will be able to release conclusions from Section 301 investigations on which countries' actions or inactions have burdened U.S. commerce by the end of June, but he said that once the conclusions are released, there will be an opportunity for stakeholders to comment on those conclusions.
Nearly 4 million more entries have been validated for refunds in CAPE, the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries tool, in the two weeks since the last CBP calculation.
A former director of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative responsible for Brazil said President Donald Trump's meeting last week with Brazilian President Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva "went way better" than she expected.