Yesterday, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released its The Year in Trade 2021 report on the Operation of the Trade Agreements Program. The report summarizes current U.S.-China trade flows, as well as a number of other issues related to China trade.

After the United States withdrew its armed forces from Afghanistan, there was speculation that China might try to exert its influence there, both politically and economically. In terms of the economy, one sector with potential was the mining of critical minerals, and one key mineral was lithium, which is important

In an opinion issued last week, a U.S. federal judge in Illinois found that most of the claims in Chinese radio company Hytera's antitrust lawsuit against rival Motorola can go forward.

In preparation for the Office of the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) annual report to Congress on China's compliance with the commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) has asked for written comments

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Imports of pineapples from Indonesia and soybean meal from Zambia were authorized. * Loans to African countries were forgiven; a new loan for Huawei to build communications towers in the Solomon Islands was announced. * The lists of demonstration and pilot cities

Pursuant to Article 16.4 of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement, China recently provided its semi-annual report of its anti-dumping actions, covering the period January 1 – June 30, 2022.

In a new paper entitled "Fasten your seatbelts: How to manage China’s economic coercion" published by European think tank MERICS, authors Aya Adachi, Alexander Brown and Max J. Zenglein offer a number of insights into the use of economic coercion by the Chinese government and how it