His concern is trans-shipment, the US charge that China is avoiding tariffs by routing its production through South East Asia. Already Vietnam, according to President Trump, will pay 40% - double the new tariff rate - on goods the US judges to be trans-shipped.

The Trump administration’s tariffs are facing a major challenge in front of federal judges. Meanwhile, Mexico got a 90-day reprieve from higher rates.

President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs — part 2 — are slated to become effective on Aug. 1. Meanwhile, Trump is getting trade deals from Europe, Japan and the U.K., marked by promises of new investment in U.

For months President Donald Trump has been slapping higher tariffs on practically every country’s exports to the United States, citing emergency economic powers.

The plaintiffs want his biggest, boldest tariffs thrown out. And they won Round One. In May, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized federal court in New York, ruled that Trump exceeded his powers when he declared a national emergency to plaster taxes — tariffs — on imports from almost every country in the world.