With its latest batch of additions to the Entity List, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has tried to clamp down further on the access of Chinese companies to American semiconductors and other high-tech products.

Canada has requested WTO consultations on China's recent antidiscrimination investigation, under which China imposed tariffs in response to Canadian tariffs on EVs and steel/aluminum that had been imposed last September.

A petition alleging that imported chassis from Mexico and Thailand have been subsidized and are causing injury to a U.S. industry is the latest U.S. CVD case to cite Chinese "transnational subsidies."

Last week, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced an investigation into the U.S. operations of "CCP-aligned businesses whose equipment or services the FCC previously placed on its Covered List."

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), along with Reps. Thomas Tiffany (R-WI) and Andrew Ogles (R-TN), have introduced legislation that would eliminate "permanent normal trade relations" (PNTR) for China, returning to the pre-2000 annual review process, with additional human rights-related criteria added that could lower the chances of normal trade

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Supreme Court annual report discusses landmark cases in IP and sanctions * Saga over licenses for U.S. meat exporters * New AI labeling rules * Controversy surrounding CK Hutchison’s port deal  * New data on inbound and outbound investment In the U.

As part of a hearing in a Section 301 investigation, two Chinese trade associations have submitted critical comments on a U.S. Trade Representative's office proposal for fees related to Chinese ships using U.S. ports.