Negotiations with Asian trading partners

Trump wants Taiwan to move half of its U.S. chip supply to America. Don't count on it – Catherine Baab, Quartz, September 30, 2025
Quartz reports on US demands that Taiwan make half of the chips it supplies to the US in the US, pointing out the obstacles to achieving that demand in practice.
Trump’s $900 Billion Funding Demands Face Korea, Japan Caution – Soo-Hyang Choi and Yoolim Lee, Bloomberg, September 29, 2025
Bloomberg writes that Japan and South Korea are pushing back on Trump administration suggestions that pledged investments would have to be paid in cash up front.
HF sponsored access China launches sweeping probe into Mexican tariffs as trade war widens – Joe Leahy and Christine Murray, Financial Times, September 26, 2025
The FT reports that China has responded to new Mexican tariffs on Chinese exports by initiating an investigation into the tariffs and an anti-dumping probe on Mexican pecan exports.