Last week, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the U.S. House of Representatives' Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released an interim report "detailing the preliminary findings of the Select Committee's bipartisan investigations into Chinese fast fashion brands, Shein

At a European Parliament Committee on International Trade meeting today, representatives of the European Commission and the European External Action Service set out the new EU approach to economic security, and then took comments and questions from Members of Parliament.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce took a step towards applying countervailing duties on Chinese tin mill products, with a parallel proceeding on anti-dumping duties still underway.

Last week, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party met with the CEOs of Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. and leading automotive suppliers in Detroit, Michigan, with a goal of figuring "how Congress can help

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Chinese Premier Li Qiang's visit to Germany * Commerce Minister comments on CPTPP application * Imports of Taiwanese sugar apples and beef from Poland and Belgium authorized * List of algorithms in deep synthesis service sector published In the U.S.

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would expand the scope for reviewing Chinese investments in the United States to include all real estate purchases that are for the purpose of establishing a business, and, at least formally, ties this new restriction to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The legislation still needs to be considered by the Senate; legal and political impact unclear.