This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * State Council document on opening up in pilot zones and free trade ports * Li Qiang criticism of "de-risking" * Trade cooperation with France, New Zealand, and Poland In the U.S.: * Biden administration files brief against Florida law

Today, the Dutch government announced new rules restricting exports of certain advanced semiconductor equipment, with Chinese semiconductor makers potentially hurt by the move.

At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade on March 8-10, 2023, a number of WTO Members raised "specific trade concerns" (STCs) about particular Chinese measures, and China voiced its concerns with measures of other Members.

In late May, a group of Chinese citizens filed a lawsuit challenging a Florida law that discriminates against Chinese citizens in real estate purchases, and then in early June they asked for a preliminary injunction enjoining the state of Florida from implementing and enforcing the law. The Biden administration has

More acceptances needed for the agreement to become effective.

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

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.