by HaMin Jeong In just the first few weeks of his second term in the Oval Office, President Trump has made sweeping changes to U.S. international trade policies.[1] One way President Trump plans to disrupt the norms of international trade policy beyond tariffs is by limiting the de minimis trade exception. Responding to the expansion of…

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By: Vienna Chan In March 2018, then-President Donald Trump established U.S. import duties of “25% on steel and 10% on aluminum against most countries,” citing foreign steel and aluminum was a threat to U.S. national security.[1] The former Trump Administration declared that cheap metals “flooding into the United States, particularly from China,” would degrade the…

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By: Mari Reyes Prominent ranking Democrats Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, and Sherrod Brown released a letter sent to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on February 1, 2019 regarding China’s “predatory trade practices.”[1] The letter encourages Secretary Mnuchin to remain steadfast and strong against China in case current negotiations with China fail.[2] This comes after some…

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