A White House report released on Thursday states that more than 40 countries assisted China in circumventing US tariffs through transshipment, naming Canada, India, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea among them. The document, championed by trade adviser Peter Navarro, estimates tens of billions of dollars in lost US tariff revenue since the 2018 imposition of Section 301 tariffs. It was issued weeks before a planned Trump-Xi meeting, prompting responses from the Chinese embassy.