A bicameral, bipartisan group of members of Congress has introduced legislation to "protect America’s agricultural industry from improper foreign investment," with Chinese farmland purchases as a key target.

In our fourth post on documents related to U.S.-China negotiations on China's accession to the GATT/WTO, we describe comments by USTR officials on a draft accession protocol presented by China.

At a meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade this week, members of Parliament, the EU Trade Commissioner, and a representative of the European Council all weighed in on EU-Taiwan trade and investment issues.

Last week, a British judge ruled against a claim by human rights groups that the UK government was not taking appropriate action under specific UK statutes to address concerns about products made in Xinjiang with forced labor.

Last week, the European Commission issued a decision extending anti-dumping measures on aluminum road wheels from China. As part of its normal value calculation in the decision, the Commission looked at the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in company management.

At a WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting last October, China asked questions about two major U.S. subsidy measures, related to electric vehicles and semiconductors. The U.S. recently provided responses.

Meetings between Chinese and Australian trade officials last week may have helped with the recent thaw in China-Australia trade relations, with a meeting of high level trade ministers expected soon.