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WTO members are struggling to negotiate new trade rules while arguing over how the institution should make and enforce them. At the October 1 Trade Negotiations Committee meeting, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala pressed delegations to compromise, as divisions over agriculture, fisheries subsidies and development collided with disputes over consensus, plurilateral agreements and the capacity of smaller missions to participate.
Commerce is reportedly delaying aircraft-parts licensing for China, using access to U.S. aviation supplies as leverage in trade negotiations. Slower approvals and limits on quantities licensed raise delivery risks in a market that bought $15.9 billion in U.S. civilian aircraft, engines, equipment and parts in 2025.
Treasury issued determinations under Executive Order 13902 on October 1 targeting Iran’s automotive and rail sectors, alongside designations of industrial firms and foreign suppliers.
Restrictions on specified Canadian alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles took effect September 29, escalating the bilateral trade dispute.
The G20 Trade Ministerial concluded October 1 without agreement on measures to address industrial overcapacity. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer described the discussions as constructive and …
A growing share of Bureau of Industry and Security export-control settlements under the Trump administration have approached the maximum penalties allowed by law, according to a Center for Strategic …
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