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Larsen spoke about the status of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, as well as the U.S.-China trade conflict and the shifting politics of trade.

“China’s supply chain is breaking up. It was this unbreakable, powerful tool that they had; it’s breaking up like a toy because companies are moving out and China wants to make a deal.”  

Duties already paid on some of the products will be refunded, the notice says.

Manufacturing and industrial firms mentioned tariffs most frequently, followed by retailers and technology firms, the analysis found.

The Trump administration has put too much pressure on China's leaders to enact reforms, strengthening the hand of hardline Communist party officials who favor state control over economic reforms and blowing an opportunity to compel Beijing to open its markets, analysts said at a U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing on Wednesday.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) will not vote for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in its current form, he said on Tuesday, adding it was “very unlikely” any changes could be made to the pact to win his support.

The U.S. claims that China’s imposition of retaliatory tariffs means the two parties have reached their own resolution to Beijing’s challenge of U.S. Section 301 tariffs at the World Trade Organization, according to the first U.S. written submission in the case.

AUBURN, NE – Representatives of Nebraska farm groups put the frustration of their members front and center on Thursday in a public event with Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), calling on Congress and the administration to address trade concerns and pursue additional markets 

Whether Chinese officials will come to the U.S. for negotiations next month remains uncertain.