Last week, the UK government took steps to remove a Chinese company from the financing of a proposed nuclear power plant.

On June 21, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which prohibits, pursuant to Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part

Last week, two members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced bipartisan legislation that "seeks to decrease America’s reliance on the Chinese Communist Party for rare-earth supplies and would enhance the Department of Defense’s rare-earth element reserves."

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