The political difficulties that arose in relation to appointing a Chair of the WTO's GPA Committee may be continuing in the context of appointments to the WTO's subsidy expert group.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * U.S. Commerce Secretary visit to China * Trade agreement with Nicaragua * China-Africa leaders' meetings * Anti-dumping review on chlorobutyl rubber In the U.S.: * Proposed AD/CVD rule changes * Final determinations in solar circumvention case * Court challenge to UFLPA Entity

A Chinese company and its subsidiaries have filed a complaint in U.S. federal court challenging a U.S. government decision to include them on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced proposed rule changes that would take into account "inaction" by foreign governments in a number of policy areas as part of the calculation of anti-dumping and countervailing duties.

At a Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting on May 2, for which the minutes have recently been circulated, WTO Members reviewed subsidy notifications that had been made, including the notifications made by China.

In final determinations issued in recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Commerce mostly confirmed its preliminary determinations that several manufacturers of photovoltaic cells and modules have been circumventing anti-dumping/countervailing duties imposed on imports from China by doing "minor processing" in four Southeast Asian countries. However, due

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Suspension of imports from Japan in response to the discharging of radioactive water * Trade barrier investigation against Taiwan, and suspension of mango imports from Taiwan * State visit to South Africa * China-Africa economic relations In the U.S.: * Proposed Commerce Department