In the UK Parliament last week, a Labour party MP pressed a trade official from the UK government about purchases of surveillance products from China. This issue has been hotly debated in recent months and years, and could be addressed in upcoming legislation.

Legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of members of Congress, the All-American Flag Act, would "require the federal government to only purchase flags that are 100 percent made in America."

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * A Chinese government report on antitrust enforcement, a suspension of fish imports from Taiwan, and MOFCOM officials' comments on trade and investment. * A U.S. finding that Chinese rail products did not injure U.S. competitors; developments in the push to

The WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference concluded early in the morning of June 17 with a number of new decisions and declarations. In relation to China trade issues, one area of particular controversy had been whether China would be eligible to use a waiver of certain TRIPS Agreement rules

FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel sent a letter to key members of Congress reiterating the need for additional funding on reimbursements for replacing Chinese telecom equipment and providing updates on reimbursement applications received to date.

Two Republican Senators have introduced legislation that would ban the export of oil and petroleum products to China.

A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on the Biden Administration’s FY23 Budget Request for the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) discussed a number of issues related to the role of these agencies in countering China.