A recent meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures discussed various Chinese subsidy notifications. In addition, the U.S. asked some detailed questions this week about China's most recent notification.

Last month, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the Commerce Department added thirteen Chinese companies to its "unverified list," but one of these companies, Plexus (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., was able to get itself removed from that list.

Last week, several Republican members of Congress sent a letter to Swiss company ASEA Brown Boveri Ltd. (ABB), expressing concern about its ties to a Chinese crane-making company that has itself been the subject of recent Congressional scrutiny.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. * Chinese court sets license fees for audio standard essential patents * CAC new rules on personal data flows to Hong Kong * Li Qiang’s trip to Switzerland * China-New Zealand free trade agreement * Taiwan's election and impact on trade policy * U.

At a recent WTO Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures meeting, Japan brought up previously raised issues related to office device standards and China's procurement law, but China argued that this committee was not the appropriate place to discuss them.

At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing last week, several Biden administration officials testified about enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), discussing issues such as de minimis shipments and application of the law to seafood imports.

At a WTO Committee on Rules of Origin meeting, China presented its study of the utilization of tariff preferences by least developed countries (LDCs), and other WTO Members offered their reactions.