A divided ruling by a U.S. court of appeals has declined to issue a preliminary injunction blocking a Florida law that bans property purchases by Chinese citizens and certain other people.

An independent researcher with a proposal for how the U.S. government should address concerns about the trade relationship with China filed a lawsuit to force the government to respond, but a court rejected the claims based on a finding that he did not have standing.

Plans for a Chinese-owned battery component factory in Michigan have now officially fallen through, leading to questions about the extent to which Chinese investment in the U.S. is possible in the current political climate.

In a fact sheet published yesterday, the Trump administration offered its perspective on what had been agreed to with China as part of recent talks.

On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in South Korea. Several trade issues were discussed, although nothing has been resolved yet.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. Last weekend, Chinese and U.S. trade officials concluded their fifth round of high-level negotiations since the start of the year, saying that they had successfully delivered a framework agreement. Then on Thursday, trade officials from China and the U.S. met

Trade officials from China and the United States met in South Korea, where bilateral trade talks led to the announcement today of a temporary truce in the protracted trade conflict. The agreement involves a suspension of some tariffs, export restrictions, and the collection of port fees; a Chinese commitment to