A legal challenge to the Trump administration's ending of the de minimis exemption for most imports from China and Hong Kong is playing out in the U.S. Court of International Trade, with both parties having now filed legal briefs.

At a meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body today, panels were established to hear disputes brought by Canada and China against each other.

Last week, the European Commission took a formal step towards imposing restrictions on government procurement of Chinese medical devices, based on an investigation of what it found to be restrictions on procurement practices in the Chinese market.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * China-U.S. talks in London * China-Africa ministerial meeting and China's zero tariff offer for African countries * China's antitrust review on Synopsys-Ansys merger * New Chinese guideline on customs procedure for export control of dual-use items * Taipei sanctions Chinese tech

Controversial from the start, a Chinese company's lease of the Port of Darwin became an issue during Australia's national elections in early May, and could be subject to a forced divestment.

At the G7 meetings in Canada, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered remarks that sought to unify G7 countries in an effort to push back against Chinese economic policies and practices. To some extent, her comments may have been designed to reduce tensions in economic relations with the

Last week, the U.S. and EU both took new anti-dumping/countervailing duty actions against Chinese imports, with the U.S. Department of Commerce initiating investigations against plywood from China, and the European Commission imposing duties on imports of vanillin from China.