Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) placed limits on the sale of all new foreign-made routers in the U.S., with the possibility of exemptions for specific models.

On Friday, Taiwan announced that it would not be participating in the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China will send Commerce Minister Wang Wentao to the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Cameroon next week to push for WTO reform and closer economic links with Africa, while keeping a cautious but open channel with the U.S. after "

At a meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body today, a panel was established to hear an EU complaint against China on royalty rates for standard essential patents.

At a meeting of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee today, the Committee engaged with the authors of a study on industrial overcapacity that looked at China's practices and possible EU responses.

During an interview on Fox Business News today, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer weighed in on several issues related to China-U.S. trade relations after the meeting with his Chinese counterparts in Paris.

As U.S. and Chinese trade officials meet in Paris to discuss preparations for a possible visit by President Trump to China, the Trump administration's war in Iran has threatened to get in the way of the meeting.