For many years now, the U.S. government has complained about the Chinese economy being driven by exports of manufactured goods, rather than by domestic demand. The Trump administration is continuing this focus, although its language and approach diverge a bit from that of the Biden administration.

Yesterday, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed "an administrative penalty" of $95 million on Cadence Design Systems Inc. for "illegal exports of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) hardware and software and semiconductor design technology" to Chinese parties on the Entity List.

Over the weekend, the U.S. and EU announced some details of a bilateral trade deal, although many points remain unclear.

At a recent WTO meeting, governments whose producers have been subject to Chinese anti-dumping investigations expressed concerns about the methodologies and practices being used.

At a recent WTO meeting, governments whose producers could be affected by China's safeguard investigation on imports of beef had a chance to weigh in and express their views.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Expansion of Hainan Free Trade Port policies * China's update of export control catalog * Suspension of DuPont China antitrust investigation In North America: * New AD/CVD petitions from U.S. industry on solar products, involving transnational subsidies from China

As part of a regular series of meetings, the Premiers of all of Canada's provinces and territories gathered this week, along with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.