Last year, a Chinese company announced a $2 billion dollar investment in a battery component factory in Michigan. Like some other recent Chinese investments in the United States, however, this one has now been caught up in political controversy.

A new research note looks at the extent of Chinese and other foreign ownership of U.S. land. This issue has been controversial in the U.S. Congress and in state governments in recent months, with various proposals to restrict this investment.

At the March 15 meeting of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE), China presented its proposal for "dedicated multilateral discussions on the trade aspects and implications of certain environmental measures." According to a Geneva-based trade official, China said at the meeting that it would like to

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * New Premier's speech * Resumption of fish imports from Taiwan * Trade remedy updates * Intellectual property protection in Chinese courts * Taiwanese restrictions on investment in China * The state of foreign investment in China In the U.S.: * USTR summary of

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released summaries of several texts proposed by the U.S. during the negotiating round of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade that was held in Taipei from January 14-17, 2023.

At the October 26, 2022 meeting of the WTO Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, a number of issues were raised by China in relation to other Members’ anti-dumping laws and practices, and by other Members in relation to Chinese practices.

A recent Wall Street Journal article on China's use of courts in the area of intellectual property protection prompted a critical response from a leading U.S. expert on Chinese intellectual property law.