Fallen shipping containers (L) next to stacks of leaning containers on a vessel moored at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer announced on Oct. 24 a new investigation into whether China upheld the “Phase One” agreement signed toward the end of President Donald Trump’s first term.
The probe comes ahead of Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping on Oct. 30, where the two are expected to hash out a trade deal that includes Beijing rolling back the wide-ranging rare-earth restrictions announced earlier this month.
