Last Friday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office took the next step towards a remedy for its findings that China's "targeted dominance" of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors "is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, and is therefore 'actionable&

On Friday, President Trump issued a memorandum that outlines a new policy on foreign investment, with investment from China featuring prominently. The policy seeks to encourage investment from allies and partners, and indicates that it will scrutinize carefully investments from China and other "foreign adversaries." But the policy

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * Tesla efforts to get Chinese regulatory approval for self-driving cars * Chinese anti-dumping duties on EU potato starch * Chinese Foreign Minister speech on international economic policy * China's response to U.S. tariffs * Trump's approach to trade policy in relation

At the WTO's General Council meeting that took place yesterday and today, China put on the agenda a systemic concern about recent trade actions and rhetoric by President Donald Trump and his administration relating to tariffs and tariff threats.

The U.S. government has filed its brief in the litigation over whether Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, should be taken off a blacklist of Chinese military companies.

In President Trump's first few weeks in office, he has been very active on trade policy, frequently airing his complaints about trade deficits and unfair trade. From a Chinese perspective, his early activity is probably somewhat of a relief, as he and his administration have challenged other U.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. * MOFCOM comments on sanctions on PVH and Illumina * China's SPS announcements in January * New U.S. 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum * U.S. House hearing on Chinese port investments * Panama’s decision