On November 13, 2025, the United States and the Republic of El Salvador entered a framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade. The Agreement aims to strengthen the countries’ economic partnership established in 2006 under the Dominican Republic–Central America–United States Free Trade Agreement (“CAFTA-DR”). The framework agreement is one of several reached by the
White House Announces Details on U.S.-South Korea Trade Deal
- Rebuilding and Expanding Critical Industries – South Korea will make investments into various sectors of the U.S. economy, including,
USTR Announces One-Year Suspension of Section 301 Countermeasures Targeting China’s Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors
By Aaron C. Mandelbaum & David M. Schwartz on
On November 13, 2025, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a nearly one-year suspension—until November 10, 2026—of countermeasures it imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, on Chinese vessels and maritime transport operations. Section 301 authorizes the USTR to investigate…
United States and China Reach Deal to Ease Trade Tensions
- China
United States and Malaysia Sign Reciprocal Trade Agreement
On October 26, 2025, the United States and the Government of Malaysia signed an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade. The agreement is intended to “enhance reciprocity in their bilateral trade relationship by addressing tariff and non-tariff barriers;” and seeks to “strengthen their commercial relationship through increased alignment on national and regional economic security matters.” …
United States and Cambodia Sign Reciprocal Trade Agreement
On October 26, 2025, the United States and the Kingdom of Cambodia signed an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade. The agreement is intended to “enhance reciprocity in their bilateral trade relationship by addressing tariff and non-tariff barriers;” and seeks to “strengthen their commercial relationship through increased alignment on national and regional economic security matters.” …
United States and Vietnam Agree to Framework Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
- Vietnam’s preferential market access for substantially all U.S. industrial and agricultural exports.
- The continuation of U.S. reciprocal tariffs
United States and Thailand Agree to Framework Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
- Thailand’s elimination of tariff barriers on approximately 99 percent of goods, covering a full range of U.S. industrial, food
USTR Issues Section 301 Determination on Nicaragua’s Abuses of Labor Rights and Human Rights Practices
On October 20, 2025, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) determined under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 that Nicaragua’s acts, policies, and practices related to abuses of labor rights, abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and dismantling of the rule of law are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce. The…
Federal Circuit Upholds CIT Decision Supporting China Section 301 Lists 3 and 4A Tariffs
On September 25, 2025, a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) upheld the decision of the Court of International Trade (CIT) sustaining the China Section 301 tariffs. This decision followed oral argument at the CAFC on January 8, 2025, in the test case for the China Section 301 tariff…