At a Brookings event today on "Taiwan’s role in global supply chains," John Deng, Minister without Portfolio of Taiwan's Executive Yuan, emphasized Taiwan's desire to be part of the Biden Administration's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

Republican U.S. Senator Tom Cotton recently gave a speech at the Ronald Reagan library, in which his broad theme was promoting a way forward for the different factions within the Republican party. As part of this, he took an aggressive approach to U.S. trade policy relating to China.

The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has decided to divest from a Chinese company due to concerns about labor practices.

A WTO panel has been composed to hear Australia's complaint that Chinese anti-dumping measures on wine violated WTO rules.

Hong Kong recently announced [https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/Hong-Kong-applies-to-join-RCEP-trade-agreement] that it had applied to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, the 15 nation trade agreement in the Asian Pacific region. CTM talked with Professor Julien Chaisse [https://www.cityu.edu.hk/slw/about-school/our-people/professor-chaisse-julien] of the

In the coming months, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will be required to review the Section 301 tariffs the United States is currently imposing on China.