This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In the United States: * Proposed legislation to enhance ties with Taiwan * White House releases its National Security Strategy * Biden administration ratchets up export controls related to advanced chips and supercomputers * Additional Chinese companies added to U.S. government blacklists * USTR announces next

The Biden Administration issued its annual National Security Strategy yesterday, with brief discussions of China as a competitor and U.S. trade policy.

At two events today, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and EU Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis commented on several China trade issues.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the next steps in the statutory four-year review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation.

In the context of a trip to Japan and South Korea, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell commented on issues related to critical minerals, trade relations with China, and China's CPTPP accession. On China's CPTPP accession prospects, Farrell expressed doubt about China's chances of joining

At the 2022 Global Services Summit today, former U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman, who served in that position during President Obama's second term, had a conversation with current U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on various trade issues, including China. Tai said that her office "will

During a European Parliament meeting today, China trade was discussed in the context of an annual report on the EU's trade defense instruments.