The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has found that imports of freight rail couplers from China do not cause or threaten injury to a U.S. industry, and therefore anti-dumping/countervailing duties will not be imposed on those imports.

At a press conference yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose party recently won the Australian national elections, was asked several questions about the state of Australia's relations with China.

At an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute today, Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL) made a number of comments on China trade issues.

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) introduced a Resolution on June 9 requesting that President Biden transmit information and documents on any TRIPS Waiver signed at the WTO, with a focus on China's access to intellectual property.

On June 10, the U.S. Treasury Department issued its biannual report to Congress on "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States." China was not found to be a currency manipulator, but was placed on a "monitoring list."

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week would restrict banks from doing business with entities that operate in Xinjiang and other regions where human rights abuses occur.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * Details on a Chinese summit focused on multinational companies, Chinese foreign ministry cooperation meetings with Central Asian countries, various China Customs announcements, and apps found to violate the law. * U.S. decisions on suspending trade remedy tariffs on solar panels and on