At the September 19 meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, several WTO disputes involving China were on the agenda, one involving an appeal, one implementation, and another the systemic implications of a prior ruling.

In a WTO consultations request from last week that was made public yesterday, China has supplemented its previous request related to U.S. export restrictions on semiconductors.

The China-Japan trade dispute that has resulted from Japan's discharge of treated radioactive wastewater has not yet developed into a formal WTO dispute, but there have been some new developments related to the issue over the past few days.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Law on Foreign State Immunity passed In the U.S.: * Congressional concerns with Huawei access to semiconductors * Bill introduced to use PNTR as leverage to deter aggression against Taiwan * Key members of Congress discuss China-U.S. economic relations * Congressional concerns

In reaction to recent reports of a new Huawei smartphone with advanced capabilities, member of Congress are pushing the U.S. Commerce Department to tighten semiconductor export controls even further.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), one of the candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president in 2024, was recently asked about his views on trade policy, and responded with a focus on Chinese trade practices.

At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing yesterday on "Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Other Efforts to Strengthen National Security in the United States," Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) had two exchanges with Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Department Paul