This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * China's plan for demonstration zones for intellectual property rights, a draft regulation on standard contracts related to personal information exports, imports of citrus fruit from Zimbabwe, and new tariff exclusions. * Proposed U.S. legislation that restricts financial transactions connected to

The International Energy Association (IEA) has released a report on solar panel supply chains that raises concerns about China's dominance of the sector and calls for diversification.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed new sanctions in relation to purchases of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products, with sales to China implicated by the measures.

In a foreign policy speech on July 7, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave a foreign policy speech that touched on several trade and foreign policy topics related to China.

The efforts of various U.S. government actors to go after TikTok for its use of data have expanded again, with two U.S. Senators now pushing for a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation.

In a recent policy brief, trade policy expert Jeffrey Schott offered some commentary on China's accession process for the CPTPP.

U.S. and Chinese officials recently offered some heated criticisms of each other's policies and behavior in their respective space programs, indicating a long-term area of tension between the two countries.