International Trade

IRobot Corp., maker of Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners, has filed a new patent-infringement complaint seeking to get rival JS Global Lifestyle Co.’s SharkNinja vacuums and hybrid vacuum-moppers cut out of the U.S. market.

China’s appetite for U.S. soy is draining silos to the point that American processors may need to import the most beans in years this summer.

A huge pile up of fish cargoes at a Chinese port risks impacting shipments of frozen food across the country and beyond.

Philip Morris International Inc. faces the possibility of having imports of its IQOS heated-tobacco sticks to the U.S. blocked as early as November in an intensifying legal battle with British American Tobacco Plc over cigarette alternatives.

The U.S. must take “aggressive” steps to combat China’s “unfair” trade practices while also investing in American manufacturing to return production to the country, said Gina Raimondo, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Commerce secretary.