China’s recently issued rare earth export controls were likely a response to the Commerce Department’s 50% rule for the Entity List and highlighted the ongoing communication issues between the two sides, said David Sacks, the White House’s AI policy adviser.
On Oct. 17, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
Two Asia Society Policy Institute experts said the readouts from the call over the weekend between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng suggest the call was mostly logistical, planning for the next round of talks in Malaysia.
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals development framework that pledges investment in the sector, both mining and processing.
President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters on his plane on Oct. 19 that he intends to hike tariffs on Colombian goods on Oct. 21. He had earlier attacked Colombia's president on social media, calling him "an illegal drug leader," and saying that the U.S. no longer would give money to Colombia so that it can work to stop cocaine trafficking.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says that Nicaragua's leaders are repressing labor rights and human rights, and dismantling the rule of law, and that these authoritarian actions are directly and indirectly harming U.S. commercial interests.
President Donald Trump told reporters that unless China stops fentanyl shipments, resumes buying U.S. soybeans and stops playing "the rare earth game with us," he won't lower tariffs.
Rep. Sean Casten, a Democrat from the top soybean-producing state, Illinois, led a letter with 36 other Democrats asking President Donald Trump to terminate the reciprocal tariffs and fentanyl tariffs he levied under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
A bipartisan group of 27 House members, including House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Emeritus Michael McCaul, R-Texas, called on President Donald Trump Oct. 17 to impose “forceful new joint sanctions” on Russia and countries that buy its oil, to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine.