The Trump administration terminates the "de minimis" tariff exemption for some imports shipped directly to consumers. Online shops such as Shein and Temu adjust prices, while Temu also announces a shipping pause to the United States. 2025-05-2
President Trump announces plans to impose a 50% tariff on China, escalating to a total of 104% if China does not revoke its 34% reciprocal tariff on all American goods within a day. China rejects the ultimatum, maintains its reciprocal tariffs, and states its intention to match any further escalation. 2025-04-7
U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports to the United States take effect, while an existing 10% tariff on all Chinese imports rises to 20% amid an ongoing trade war. 2025-03-4
The United States implements a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese products and eliminates the "de minimis" exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on energy products, agricultural equipment, and automobiles from the United States, effective February 10, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds U.S. companies PVH Corp. and Illumina Inc to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into U.S. technology company Google for alleged anti-trust violations. 2025-02-4
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump announce they have agreed to delay 25% of tariffs on Mexico for a month. 2025-02-3
A federal judge blocks the Commerce Department from requiring U.S. app stores to remove WeChat downloads. 2020-09-20
The United States Department of Commerce says it will ban U.S. citizens from downloading the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat effective September 20, unless a partnership between Oracle Corporation and TikTok owner ByteDance is agreed to and approved by President Donald Trump. 2020-09-18