At a press conference last week following a meeting of the European Council, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered statements related to China trade issues, including the risk of dependencies on China for particular goods and the impact of recent U.S. export controls.

Recent reporting indicates that the U.S. government is trying to persuade Mexico not to use Chinese-made scanners as part of its border security operations.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * President Xi's address to the Communist Party Congress * Local government measures to encourage semiconductor/tech investment * Guidelines released for importing edible aquatic animals from Papua New Guinea In the United States: * Biden administration warning about risk of Chinese

A proposed purchase by a Chinese company of a stake in an important German port has led to divisions within the German government, and prospects for regulatory approval are uncertain.

Five Republican Senators have sent a letter to President Biden "demanding he act quickly to prevent Huawei from building the Pengxinwei IC Manufacturing Company (PXW) semiconductor plant."

In a speech yesterday at the Singapore International Cyber Week Summit, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, warned about the general threat China poses in cybersecurity, as well as the risks of using Chinese tech products.

After the 7th Singapore-Australia Annual Leaders’ Meeting in Canberra, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held a press conference in which they discussed issues related to China's application to join the CPTPP and U.S-China decoupling.