At the end of July, the Trump administration made significant additions to the list of entities having ties to forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Pursuant to a safeguards investigation, the Trump administration has announced a tariff-rate quota on imports of quartz products, with products transshipped from China a key target.

Canada is moving forward with a provisional safeguards tariff on wood cabinets and vanities. The tariff will not become final until an injury investigation on a broader set of wood products is completed though.

In a decision issued on Friday, a U.S. federal court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Defense's designation of Chinese biotech company Wuxi AppTec as a "Chinese military company."

Last week, the Trump administration finalized a set of tariffs and other measures on the sale of polysilicon and derivative products. These actions build on earlier ones that target imports of Chinese solar products, with an extension to products made by Chinese companies in third countries being one of the

In a report circulated last week, a WTO panel found that tariffs and regulations imposed by Türkiye in the auto sector violate various GATT obligations and, aside from one claim against certain measures, are not justified by GATT exceptions.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. Apple has cleared a critical regulatory hurdle in China after the country's internet regulator approved its mobile-device generative artificial intelligence service, Apple Intelligence, for deployment on domestic devices. China has been working to fortify its economic footprint and shield