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South Korea's Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo returned from Washington without meeting his US counterpart, as tariff hike talks remain unresolved; both sides plan continued negotiations amid ongoing trade tensions.
#YonhapInfomax #TariffNegotiations #YeoHanKoo #USTR #TradeTensions #TariffIncrease #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=103803

U.S. Rightsholders Applaud India’s “Lock and Suspend” Piracy Blockades

https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-rightsholders-applaud-indias-lock-and-suspend-piracy-blockades/

#SiteBlocking #Anti-Piracy #india #IIPA #USTR

South Korea's industry and trade ministers are heading to the US for urgent talks with top US officials after Washington's surprise tariff hike, signaling Seoul's commitment to proactive negotiations and policy coordination.
#YonhapInfomax #TariffHike #KimJungKwan #YeoHanKoo #USTR #TradeNegotiations #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=102226

USTR chief Jamieson Greer said the US would swiftly reimpose tariffs if the Supreme Court overturns current measures, underscoring tariffs as a core Trump trade policy tool.
#YonhapInfomax #USTR #Tariffs #SupremeCourt #TrumpAdministration #TradePolicy #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=100562

Excellent argument from @pluralistic.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition

"Thanks to Trump's incontinent belligerence, we are on the cusp of a 'Post-American Internet,' a new digital nervous system for the 21st century. An internet that we can build without worrying about America's demands and priorities…The US trade representative has forced every one of its trading partners to adopt #anticircumvention law, to facilitate the extraction of their own people's data and money by American firms…But there's a…response… that's just sitting there, begging to be tried: what about repealing anticircumvention law?"

#Copyright #DRM #RightToRepair #TPM #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #USTR

The US will delay additional tariffs on Chinese semiconductors for at least 18 months, applying a 0% rate until June 2027—a move expected to ease US-China trade tensions and support markets.
#YonhapInfomax
#US #ChineseSemiconductors #Tariffs #USTR #CNBC
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96964

On Dec 16, in a xitter post, the US Trade Representative #ustr threatened the #EU and any countries “that pursue an EU-style strategy” that might impact US service providers. #trade #uspoli #eu #digitalsovereignty

The U.S. Trade Representative has suspended Section 301 actions against China’s shipping and shipbuilding sectors for one year, following a trade agreement between President Trump and President Xi, with negotiations to continue and U.S. shipbuilding revitalization efforts ongoing.
#YonhapInfomax #USTR #Section301 #China #Shipbuilding #TradeAgreement #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=90070

US USTR Chief Jamieson Greer said refunds for Trump-era reciprocal tariffs may be possible if the Supreme Court rules them unlawful, with the Treasury to decide details.
#YonhapInfomax #USTR #ReciprocalTariffs #SupremeCourt #TrumpAdministration #Refunds #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=89680

Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Digital Trade Barriers

https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-tells-u-s-govt-that-foreign-site-blocking-efforts-are-digital-trade-barriers/

#tradebarriers #SiteBlocking #Anti-Piracy #Cloudflare #USTR

EE.UU. propone suspender a Nicaragua del CAFTA y aplicar aranceles del 100%

EE.UU. propone suspender a Nicaragua del CAFTA y aplicar aranceles del 100%
Washington, 22 oct (elmundo.cr) – La Oficina del Representante de Comercio de Estados Unidos (USTR) propuso medidas que podrían suspender a Nicaragua del T [...]

#Aranceles #CAFTA-DR #Comercio #ComercioInternacional #DanielOrtega #DerechosHumanos #EEUU #Mundo #Nicaragua #PolíticaExterior #RosarioMurillo #Sanciones #USTR

https://elmundo.cr/mundo/ee-uu-propone-suspender-a-nicaragua-del-cafta-y-aplicar-aranceles-del-100/

Lori Ann LaRocco reveals a costly Trump-era USTR policy shift that slaps Atlantic Container Line (ACL) with $34M annual tariffs by reclassifying vessels as Ro/Ro instead of container carriers, despite 80% container cargo. ACL warns ongoing fees could force them out of the U.S., disrupting crucial supply chains. Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/new-trump-port-fees-slam-us-freight-ship-owner-34-million-tariff-bill.html #TrumpAdministration #USTR #Section301 #Tariffs #Shipping #Logistics #AtlanticContainerLine #TradePolicy #PortFees #SupplyChain

Anti-Piracy Groundhog Day: Recycled Arguments Plague USTR’s Notorious Markets Review

https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-groundhog-day-recycled-arguments-plague-ustrs-notorious-markets-review/

#NotoriousMarkets #LawandPolitics #Cloudflare #USTR

"So why did America's trading partners agree to anticircumvention law? Well, that was down to the tender ministrations of the US trade rep. Countries that didn't pass anticircumvention were threatened with US tariffs.

I used to occasionally guest-lecture at an international relations grad program at the Central European University in Budapest, and one summer, I had a student who had served as the information minister to a Central American country while the US was negotiating the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). This student described getting a phone call from their country's chief negotiator who said, "I know you told me not to budge on anticircumvention, but the USTR tells me that if we don't give them this, they will block our agricultural exports. I'm sorry." Country by country, the world fell into line.

When someone tells you, "You'd better do what I say or I'm going to burn your house down," and then they burn your house down, you'd be an absolute sucker if you kept up your part of the bargain.

I find it absolutely bizarre that the USTR spent decades racing around the world, getting every country on earth to sign up to "America First" policies by threatening them with tariffs, and then Trump actually imposed the tariffs anyway, which has opened up the space for every country to get rid of those America First policies."

https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/15/freedom-of-movement/#data-dieselgate

#Eurostack #Anticircumvention #Copyright #USA #Trump #Tariffs #DigitalSovereignty #USTR