China

On June 2, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced a public comment period related to the development of a new government-to-government mechanism, a proposed U.S.-China “Board of Trade,” intended to provide an ongoing channel for managing aspects of bilateral trade between the United States and China.

On May 7, 2026, LANXESS Corporation (“Petitioner”) filed petitions requesting the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide (“CBS”) from the People’s Republic of China.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The proposed scope of these investigations is as follows:

The product subject to this investigation is N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2- sulfenamide (“CBS”), also known as N-cyclohexyl-2-

On April 30, 2026, Mat Industries, LLC (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on stationary and portable air compressors from Malaysia, The People’s Republic of China, and The Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On April 21, 2026, Advancion Corporation (“Petitioner”) filed companion antidumping and countervailing duty petitions for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris) from the People’s Republic of China (“China”).

The AD/CVD investigations will now proceed before the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”). 

On April 9, 2026, United States Steel Corporation (“U.S. Steel”) and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Union (“USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on tin mill products from China, Taiwan, and Turkey and countervailing duties on imports from China.

SCOPE OF

On April 8, 2026, BASF Corporation (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on the import of polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”) from China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The proposed scope of these investigations is as follows:

The merchandise covered by this investigation is polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”)

On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) Greer announced a new investigation under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to “structural excess capacity and production in certain manufacturing sectors.” According to the Federal Register Notice, “[k]ey trading partners have developed production capacity untethered from the incentives of domestic