US trade policy

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

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

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

‘Stop smearing Chinese companies and threatening them with sanctions,’ says Chinese embassy in Washington

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 

Excess-capacity tariffs are likely still to come and would stack on top of the new measures, says an expert

US says the affected countries either have not banned imports made with forced labour, or have not properly enforced such bans