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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE  SUBJECT:       Protecting the United States Lobster IndustryBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:Section 1.  Policy.  On May 22, 2018, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) concluded an investigation under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2411), finding that China had engaged in multiple unreasonable and discriminatory trade practices that had harmed American intellectual property rights, innovation, and technology development. ...

What Will China Do If President Trump Starts a Trade War? By Adams Lee on November 30, 2016 POSTED IN CHINA BUSINESS China Law Team By Li Feng, in the China Daily (bit.ly/2gFMaDa) During the recent presidential campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump said “we can’t continue to allow China to rape our country” and vowed to aggressively fight back against China’s unfair trade practices. Trump promised his trade agenda would: Declare China to be a currency manipulator Impose a 45 percent tariff on all Chinese imports into the U.S. Abandon/ renegotiate “bad” trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and...

If Donald Trump is serious about seeking the Republican nomination for president, he may find himself running with little support from the party’s powerful economic conservatives. Trump has been a vocal advocate in recent weeks for a 25 percent tariff on all Chinese imports, a proposal that influential conservative activist Grover Norquist calls “the worst kind of pandering.” “The tariffs or the tax increases are what politicians call for when they’re expressing contempt for the American people’s intelligence,” Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, told The Daily Caller. “Tariffs are not paid by Chinese people, they are paid...

TOKYO — Japan will slap 15 percent levies on U.S. steel imports (search) starting Sept. 1 in retaliation for American steel industry protection measures, the trade ministry said Monday, turning up the heat on a long-festering dispute between the world's two largest economies. The tariffs, which could rise as high as $51 million, will target ballbearings, airplane parts and other steel products, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said. Japan has long demanded the repeal of duties imposed by the United States on Japanese steel products under the so-called Byrd amendment (search), an antidumping law ruled illegal by the...