Chile has long been considered a relatively free market-oriented bastion in South America, with more openness to foreign investment and trade than most countries on the continent. In recent years, though, there have been rising protests from the left against existing economic policies, with concerns raised about inequality and

The U.S. government crackdown on the export of advanced technology to China continues, with new actions on a specific type of semiconductor produced by U.S. chipmakers NVIDIA and AMD.

Last week, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) asked for more information from Chinese company Fufeng in relation to its proposed wet corn mill development in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Based on requests from domestic entities to continue the Section 301 tariffs currently in effect on Chinese goods, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced last week that it will not terminate the tariffs at the moment, and will conduct a review of those tariffs that will

Last week, the European Parliament held a hearing on EU - Indo-Pacific trade relations, during which China trade issues came up several times.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China-U.S. relations: * Business surveys show pessimism among Chinese and U.S. companies for bilateral trade and investment. * Chinese and U.S. regulators announced a deal on audit cooperation. In China: * Authorization was granted for additional imports from Brazil. * A

A WTO panel hearing Australia's complaint that Chinese anti-dumping measures on wine violated WTO rules has made an official communication regarding the timing of the issuance of its report.