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.

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.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) recently reviewed and approved a transaction involving a significant Chinese investment stake in a small U.S. producer of recreational planes. This piece examines the background of the transaction and implications from the CFIUS decision.

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has paused lending in Russian and Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This past week CTM covered the following issues: * China's responses and positions on sanctions on Russia * Chinese import measures, general support for trade, and the CPTPP application * Infrastructure and development grant rivalries between China and the West * Statements and proposed legislation by members of U.S. Congress and