The United States and Taiwan kicked off their new new trade initiative yesterday with the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.

Six Republican Senators sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding the Biden Administration’s "delayed plan to combat national security risks associated with TikTok, a social media platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance."

Recent news reports indicate that Kenya's partnership with Huawei is moving ahead with the development of a 5G network.

Two U.S. Senators have called for the Commerce Department to self-initiate anti-dumping/countervailing duty investigations on Chinese masks and medical equipment.

In a speech at the University of Technology Sydney on June 24, Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian offered remarks and took questions on the China-Australia relationship. Overall, the tone of the remarks and the dialogue was positive, and could indicate that improvements in China-Australian relations are possible.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * Chinese IP law developments, Chinese IP rulings, a Ministry response to Secretary Blinken's speech, local government subsidies, a draft standard on privacy agreements, and fruit imports from Myanmar. * Enforcement of a new U.S. law on forced labor, Katherine Tai&

Two members of Congress have introduced bipartisan legislation designed "to strengthen United States diplomatic and aid presence in the Indo-Pacific" in order to counter the influence of China in the region.