The EU and Taiwan announced a resolution to a recent WTO dispute involving an EU complaint about local content requirements in Taiwanese wind energy policies.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * China brings WTO lawsuit against EU definitive duties on Chinese EVs * Expiry review on anti-dumping duties on chemicals * GACC issues SPS requirements in September In the U.S.: * U.S. trade policy in Trump's second term * Additions to

The WTO has now circulated China's consultations request related to the EU's definitive countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles.

Donald Trump has now been elected president for a second term. What will he do in his trade policy towards China?

At an EU Parliament hearing yesterday, Commissioner-designate Maroš Šefčovič spoke and took questions from MEPs. China came up several times during the hearing, with overcapacity and geopolitics both discussed, and Šefčovič emphasized that EU trade policy towards China would be "assertive."

Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of several textile companies based in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. These companies had been part of an earlier court challenge to their inclusion on the Commerce Department Entity List.

At a recent meeting of the Canadian House of Commons Committee on International Trade, two key ministers from the Trudeau government testified about issues related to the Canadian surtaxes on Chinese EVs and other products.