Last week, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to Commerce Department Secretary Raimondo in which they urged the Department "to strengthen Entity List rules for China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC)" and expressed concern that

Last week, Republican Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai pressing for a new Section 301 investigation on Chinese economic practices, an action which has been rumored for several months but has not yet been initiated.

After a national security review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) related to its partial ownership by Chinese investors, TuSimple, an American maker of autonomous trucks, may be moving towards a clearer separation of its U.S. and Chinese operations.

Three Republican Senators have introduced legislation intended to prevent Chinese and Russian alternative payments systems from undermining U.S. sanctions.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * Chinese political leaders speaking about China-U.S. economic relations; a draft Chinese regulation on internet protection for minors; and a recent Chinese regulation in the area of intellectual property. * Congressional funding of new U.S. legislation that addresses imports made with

Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoked the authority that had previously been granted to two Chinese telecoms companies to operate certain telecom services in the United States.

Last week, a UK parliament debate on large solar farms touched on the issue of solar panels made in China with forced labor.