Two Republican lawmakers sent a letter to TikTok last week, "renew[ing] their request for all information about TikTok’s organizational structure and data sharing practices and also notify the social media company to preserve all e-mail, electronic records, and communications."

After a recent UK government decision to undo the purchase of a Wales-based semiconductor company by a Chinese-owned company, both Houses of the UK Parliament discussed the issue last week. There were a range of views expressed, with some criticizing the decision and others urging the government to

Earlier this month, a U.S. Commerce Department official spoke at a conference and briefly explained the role of new export control rules to be applied to advanced technology for sale to China.

** Special note: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, we are sending the weekly newsletter on Wednesday, and will celebrate the holiday on Thursday and Friday and resume posting new content on Sunday. This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Authorizations for food imports from

Recent months have seen announcements from Chinese battery and electric vehicle company BYD Co Ltd about new investments in both Brazil and Thailand.

A new think tank paper looks at how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been actively shaping Chinese foreign investment in Portugal through influence over nominally private financial companies, and forcing these companies to be more closely aligned with CCP goals.

A new economic study of circumvention of trade remedies shows that China is a leading target of anti-circumvention measures, with countries from the ASEAN region being the preferred location for third party assembly operations or transhipment that constitute the alleged circumvention.