As implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) continues, last week there were two new developments: Two Republican members of Congress pushed back against reported proposals for UFLPA enforcement that they considered would "weaken the UFLPA"; and an energy producer reported that it was not having

At the UK parliament last week, there was a discussion of the importance of electric bus manufacturing in the United Kingdom, during which concerns were expressed that Chinese electric buses were a threat to UK bus manufacturers.

The United Kingdom has announced that its trade minister will travel to Taiwan for talks on various issues related to access to the Taiwanese market and to increase collaboration on technology and innovation.

In a U.S. appeals court opinion last week, a panel of judges vacated a lower court decision on a dispute between a Chinese manufacturer and its U.S. distributor that had been subject to arbitration in China.

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the U.S. and Taiwan will hold meetings in New York City on the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.

At a WTO meeting earlier this year, the United States continued its push for transparency in China's trade practices by pressing for more information on China's state-trading enterprises.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * High level official exchanges with the United States, Pakistan and Vietnam * Allowing imports of aquatic imports from Nicaragua and plant imports from Laos * Decisions on trade remedies for imports from India, South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia * 2022 version of the