US economic adviser Kevin Hassett remains hopeful for a Trump-Xi trade breakthrough despite rising tariffs and a prolonged government shutdown, expressing “extremely high” confidence in a Supreme Court win on Trump’s tariff powers.

On October 10, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Jurisdiction of Internet Courts (

President Donald Trump said that he, personally, wants to attend next month’s Supreme Court hearing on his tariff policies. Beginning November 5th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments

Trump hopes to negotiate a trade deal with China while farmers worry about selling the fall harvest amid a war over the president's tariffs.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office on Friday said it had launched a new tariff investigation into China's "apparent failure" to comply with the "Phase One" trade deal signed with President Donald Trump in 2020 to end his first-term U.

The trade case is coming at a pivotal moment, before a meeting next week between President Trump and China’s leader.

Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says the soybean market reacted negatively as it was pinning its hopes on a trade deal that included purchases at the end of October when the two leaders met at the APEC summit.

But Europe has almost no control over its supply. It gets 80–90% of these minerals from China. That includes graphite, cobalt, gallium, and others used in wind turbines, missiles, fighter jets, and radars. The West’s trade war with China is heating up, and Europe is standing there without a helmet.