US tariffs

The US flagged Singapore and dozens of other economies as at risk of being used by Chinese exporters to avoid US tariffs

A White House report frames the routing of Chinese goods through an intermediate lower-tariffed country by concealing the true origin

The decline in China imports due to prior Trump tariffs fuels imports from elsewhere via transshipment, a report argues

Trump has since issued another round of global tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974

Sales of drones, their key components and related technologies will be subject to “strict case-by-case review”

Critics believe new tariffs were launched to replace invalidated duties rather than to address the issue of forced labour

In a ‘minus two’ world, intra-regional trade can keep economies strong

The complaint by two small US businesses challenges the tariffs on three grounds

New levies are less likely to be overridden by the US courts, says an expert