This past week, CTM covered the following issues. To assist policymakers, industry leaders, and researchers in navigating the terrain of China-U.S. relations, China Trade Monitor is launching its U.S.-China Trade Friction Timeline.  During this week's Xi-Trump meeting, China and the U.S. signaled a tentative

With President Trump's trip to China now finished, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer weighed in on the trade outcomes and discussions.

In the midst of the summit between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump in Beijing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent weighed in on a number of trade issues that are under discussion.

Last week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) held a four-day hearing as part of its Section 301 investigation of Structural Excess Capacity and Production in Manufacturing Sectors.

Following up on earlier anti-dumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) cases against imports of Chinese solar products, both from China itself and from Chinese companies operating in various third countries, the U.S. solar industry has now accused Chinese companies of circumventing existing AD/CVD cases by selling through Ethiopia.

Yesterday, China followed up on an earlier request for consultations with a request that a WTO panel be established to hear its complaint about discriminatory measures adopted by India in the solar and information technology sectors.

In advance of President Trump's trip to China this week, U.S. lawmakers are continuing to ratchet up political pressure against allowing the sale of Chinese automobiles in the U.S. They are also moving to restrict Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland.