Last week, a U.S. appeals court heard arguments in drone-maker DJI's appeal against a lower court ruling that found a U.S. Department of Defense designation of DJI as a "Chinese Military Company" to be permissible under a U.S. statute.

As part of Canada's new automobile strategy, Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly has offered some detailed remarks on how she sees Chinese investment in the Canadian auto sector as an important element of that strategy.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. As part of China's efforts to increase imports, the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing government hosted the first 2026 event of the "Big Market for All: Export to China" campaign. China finalized a new mandatory national standard

The controversy over the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Ports contract related to running ports on both sides of the Panama Canal has now led to an international investment lawsuit by the company against the Government of Panama.

The UK House of Commons Business and Trade Committee has published a report on economic security, with a recent update including a UK Government response to the Committee's earlier recommendations. Economic coercion and Chinese government subsidies are two key areas that were covered.

Yesterday, the European Commission announced that it was starting a new Foreign Subsidies Regulation investigation into subsidies allegedly received by Chinese wind energy company Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

Following his trip to China, which produced a package of economic and political agreements designed to expand UK market access, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer returned home and presented the results to Parliament.