Members of U.S. Congress in both the House and the Senate have introduced bipartisan legislation that directs the Secretary of State "to seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office the 'Taiwan Representative Office.'"

U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves (R-LA) and Seth Moulton (D-MA) introduced legislation that would prohibit certain federal grants from being used to purchase drones that are manufactured and engineered by companies associated with the Chinese government.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a federal indictment against the Chinese company Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd based on an allegation of "conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets."

Yesterday, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Commerce Department announced the addition of 33 Chinese companies to its "Unverified List, which makes it more difficult for U.S. companies to sell to them.

On the sidelines of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over the weekend, China and Ecuador signed a memorandum on the official launch of the negotiations of a China-Ecuador free trade agreement, and also discussed debt renegotiations.

According to the Chinese government, China and Russia recently signed 15 documents on various economic issues, including on green energy development and natural gas/oil, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to China.

A report from an independent reporting initiative in Geneva indicates that as the United States and others work on a possible TRIPS Waiver, they may try to exclude China from benefitting.