Chinese-linked automaker Polestar has announced that it was not granted authorization by the U.S. Department of Commerce to sell "connected vehicles" in the United States, and therefore would be leaving the U.S. market as of the 2027 model year.

At a European Parliament meeting last week, a European Commission official provided an update on the status of the first case under the EU's International Procurement Instrument (IPI), which addressed barriers in the Chinese medical devices market.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China launched a two-front regulatory offensive against the U.S. defense sector, placing 10 American entities on an export control blacklist while barring 46 U.S. firms from participating in domestic government procurement. The move represents countermeasures in response to the

Canada has imposed provisional tariffs on imports of canned vegetables, with a determination on final tariffs for these products scheduled for September.

Adding to the growing list of complaints against the designation of companies as a "Chinese Military Company" (CMC), tech giant Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in federal district court in the Northern District of California, challenging the designation made earlier this month.

After its first panel request was blocked at a meeting last month (which is allowed under WTO dispute settlement rules), China requested a WTO panel on Indian measures related to the solar/IT sectors for a second time, and this time a panel was established.

In two recent WTO meetings, for which the minutes were recently circulated, China raised concerns with a range of EU measures: EU steel tariffs, an Italian decree on renewable energy sources, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and the Industrial Accelerator Act.