U.S. and China recommend $30 billion tariff relief.
Today's events
U.S.–China trade board.
Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer said the board Trump and Xi created in May recommended $30 billion of goods on each side for lower tariffs — about 30 percent of U.S. exports to China.1Sep 28 · USTRCitrix zero-days.
The cyber agency amplified Citrix's disclosure of eight NetScaler flaws and added two to its exploited-vulnerabilities catalog; both allow remote code execution and are being exploited globally.2Sep 27 · CISADuties upheld.
The Court of International Trade denied judgment motions from IPG Photonics and China's Zhejiang Dingli Machinery, sustaining the Commerce Department's duty determinations in both disputes.3Sep 26 · CITCentral Asian energy.
Sec. of State Marco Rubio marked Turkmenistan's 35th independence anniversary with a pledge to expand trade, investment and energy cooperation and to help diversify the region's energy supply routes.4Sep 27 · StateGasoline vapor rule.
The environmental agency proposed reopening its 2024 gasoline-distribution air standards, revisiting control-device operating limits and cargo-tank vapor-tightness requirements while saying emission limits stay unchanged.5Sep 28 · EPAIndia shrimp duties.
Commerce partly rescinded its antidumping review of frozen warmwater shrimp from India, dropping exporters with no reviewable entries from a review that opened covering 393 companies.6Sep 28 · CommerceSingle-pilot exemptions.
Aviation regulators will stop issuing and will rescind exemptions letting two-pilot Cessna Citation jets fly with one pilot, citing safety concerns and widespread non-compliance; affected pilots must stop immediately.7Sep 28 · FAAMigrant child records.
The refugee resettlement office renamed its records on unaccompanied children and their sponsors to “alien children” and eased sharing with Homeland Security, while keeping a bar on immigration-enforcement use.8Sep 28 · HHSGreenland's buried valleys.
A NASA-led team mapped 1,943 valleys beneath the Greenland ice sheet, a third of them newly identified, reading faint surface ripples from satellites to sharpen forecasts of the sheet's future.9Sep 28 · NASA
This week
Xi at the White House.
Trump hosted Xi Jinping on September 24, the first Chinese state visit in over a decade. The two sides agreed to lower tariffs on $30 billion of goods in each direction and to Chinese imports of at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal in 2027 and 2028. They also agreed Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and that no country or institution may impose tolls on international waterways. September 26 daily.1Sep 24–25 · WHArctic security agreement.
Trump signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland on September 22 granting the United States permanent basing rights on the island and barring any U.S. adversary from a base, military presence or sensitive investment there without American approval. It followed a September 21 meeting at which the State Department and eight Arctic foreign ministers agreed the region needs sovereign military capability and resilient critical infrastructure. Carried in the September 23 daily.3Sep 22 · WHShield of the Americas.
The United States and 14 Western Hemisphere governments announced on September 22 asset freezes, visa restrictions and criminal liability for supporters of 24 narco-terrorist organizations, and said they would ask the Organization of American States to convene the Rio Treaty. Trump told the U.N. General Assembly the same day that strikes on cartel boats had destroyed 97 percent of drugs arriving by sea. Both ran in the September 23 daily.4Sep 22 · StateAndes-Atlantic Corridor.
The State Department and Argentina's foreign ministry launched a corridor on September 23 steering U.S. financing into rail, ports, pipelines and power lines that carry Vaca Muerta oil and gas and critical minerals to Atlantic markets. It landed in the same week as a critical-minerals memorandum with Italy, a U.S.–Japan–Korea plan to speed small reactor exports, and a State Department pledge to diversify Central Asian energy routes. September 24 daily.5Sep 23 · StateStablecoin rules proposed.
The Federal Reserve Board opened comment on September 24 on two proposals that would require supervised stablecoin issuers to fully back their coins with short-term Treasury bills and other liquid assets, set capital and risk standards, and route new issuers through a dedicated application process. Comments close in 60 days. The rules implement the GENIUS Act and would hold issuer reserves in U.S. government debt. September 25 daily.6Sep 24 · FedU.S. intervenes in Europe.
The Justice Department filed on September 24 to intervene at the European Union's General Court supporting X Corp. and Elon Musk's bids to annul a €120 million Digital Services Act fine, the first time the United States has intervened in a case there. The filing places the U.S. government inside a European regulatory proceeding against an American platform. September 25 daily.7Sep 24 · DOJ
Allied Governments
Britain and Norway.
The two prime ministers met in Liverpool on their Lunna House defence agreement and on countering Russian hybrid attacks at sea through NATO and the Joint Expeditionary Force.aSep 27 · UK No.10Bangkok under water.
Britain's foreign office reported all 50 Bangkok districts declared disaster-affected after heavy rain, with special public holidays on 28 and 29 September across four provinces.bSep 28 · UK FCDOFukushima water tests.
Japan's foreign ministry said the International Atomic Energy Agency found its seawater sampling sound, after laboratories in China, South Korea and Switzerland re-analysed the same treated-water samples.cSep 28 · Japan MoFA
Voices
“From agricultural products to medical devices, President Trump is unlocking improved market access for about 30 percent of U.S. exports to China.”
U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer · Sep 281
“CISA has received reports and partner threat intelligence confirming that threat actors are actively exploiting these vulnerabilities globally.”
CISA alert on Citrix NetScaler · Sep 272
“The United States is working to expand cooperation with Turkmenistan on trade, investment, energy security, and transportation, including opportunities to strengthen and diversify regional energy supply routes.”
Sec. of State Marco Rubio · Sep 274
“The court denies plaintiff's motion for judgment on the agency record … and sustains the Department of Commerce's decision.”
Court of International Trade, Slip Op. 26-119 · Sep 233
“Based on safety concerns and a review that revealed widespread non-compliance with the exemptions, the FAA is announcing its decision to cease issuing exemptions.”
Federal Aviation Administration policy statement · Sep 287
“Greenland is justifiably usually treated as a rigid block of old rock that is simply translated as needed to accommodate the motion and interactions of other tectonic plates.”
Joe MacGregor, NASA cryospheric scientist · Sep 289
Sources
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, “Ambassador Greer Issues a Statement on Announcement of Recommendations from the U.S.-China Board of Trade,” September 28, 2026. ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/…/us-china-board-of-trade
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, “Critical Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in Citrix NetScaler ADC, Gateway,” September 27, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/…/citrix-netscaler-zero-days
- U.S. Court of International Trade, “Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Co., Ltd. v. United States” (Slip Op. 26-119), September 23, 2026. govinfo.gov/app/details/…/cit-1_24-cv-00221
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Turkmenistan Independence Day” (press statement, Secretary Marco Rubio), September 27, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/turkmenistan-independence-day
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Gasoline Distribution Facilities and Standards of Performance for Bulk Gasoline Terminals Reconsideration” (proposed rule), September 28, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/gasoline-distribution-neshap
- U.S. Dept. of Commerce, “Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, In Part; 2025-2026,” September 28, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/shrimp-from-india-rescission
- Federal Aviation Administration, “Notice of Policy Change and Rescission of Single-Pilot Training Exemptions for Certain Cessna Aircraft,” September 28, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/single-pilot-exemptions-rescinded
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, “Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records” (Office of Refugee Resettlement, System No. 09-80-0321), September 28, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/orr-system-of-records
- NASA Earth Observatory, “Uncovering the Valleys Hidden Below Greenland's Ice,” September 28, 2026. science.nasa.gov/earth/…/greenland-hidden-valleys
- UK Prime Minister's Office (No.10), “PM meeting with Prime Minister Støre of Norway: 27 September 2026,” September 27, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/pm-meeting-norway
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, “Thailand travel advice,” September 28, 2026. gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, “Publication of the Results for the IAEA's Interlaboratory Comparison on the Determination of Radionuclides in the Marine Environment,” September 28, 2026. mofa.go.jp/press/release/…/iaea-interlaboratory-comparison