At a recent regular press conference held by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a reporter asked: "The US has reached a trade agreement with Vietnam. It will impose a 20% tariff on Vietnamese goods and a 40% tariff on goods shipped to the US via Vietnam.
Recently, the United States has signed critical minerals agreements with several countries.
On September 25, 2025, the Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 53 of 2025, initiating a trade and investment barrier investigation into Mexico's relevant restrictive measures concerning China.
The US government announced on July 31 that, starting August 7, it would impose "reciprocal tariffs" ranging from 10% to 41% on multiple countries and regions.
Jian GUAN stated that these investigations indicate that such US probes have extended from upstream basic materials in the industrial chain to downstream high-tech applications and derivatives, warranting vigilance.
On July 14, 2025, the European Commission published the final determination in the anti-dumping investigation concerning Multilayer Wood Flooring (MWF) originating in China. Pursuant to Article 10.4 of the Basic Anti-dumping Regulation, it decided to retroactively impose definitive anti-dumping duties on products that were released for free circulation between the date of initiation of the registration of imports (October 25, 2024) and the date of publication of the provisional regulation (January 15, 2025).
On the 8th local time, US President Trump stated that he would impose a 50% new tariff on all copper imported into the United States, but did not specify when the new tariff would take effect.
According to reports from CCTV News Client, on June 3rd local time, the White House issued a statement announcing that US President Trump has increased tariffs on imported steel, aluminum, and their derivative products from 25% to 50%. This tariff policy takes effect from 00:01 AM Eastern Time on June 4, 2025.
In this lecture on "WTO and International Trade Legal Practice," Yang Guohua and Jian GUAN engaged in an in-depth discussion centered on international trade legal work. Jian GUAN not only shared practical insights into the realities of legal practice in this field, including its scope, challenges, and his experiences, but also explored with Yang Guohua the relationship between academic research and legal practice, among other topics.
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