On Friday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that it was lifting the anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties it had been imposing on Australian barley, resolving a long-running trade dispute.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Export controls on drones * Government actions on bolstering the private economy and domestic operating systems * Surveys on China's business environment * Think tank paper on export controls on gallium and germanium In the U.S.: * Government officials' comments

This week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) both published announcements of updates related to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

At an event put on by the Washington International Trade Association and the Asia Society Policy Institute, a USTR official outlined U.S. concerns with Chinese electric vehicles and offered a general time-frame for the ongoing Section 301 tariff review.

At the WTO's Committee on Rules of Origin meeting on June 6, for which the minutes were recently circulated, there was a discussion of the utilization by least developed countries of China's tariff preferences.

On July 31, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency body that reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the effect on national security, released its annual report to Congress for 2022.

The minutes of the WTO's Committee of Government Procurement meeting discussing the resolution of the blocked appointment of the Chair of the Committee have now been circulated.