Last Friday, the European Commission imposed countervailing duties on imports of mobile access equipment (MAE) from China, following an earlier imposition of anti-dumping duties, and mirroring similar actions by the U.S. several years ago.

There were two new developments in the China - IPRs Enforcement (EU) dispute last week: (1) China filed its own appeal, and (2) the arbitrators in the appeal were announced.

On Friday, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced its final decision in an investigation into TikTok's practices related to personal data transfers, finding that TikTok violated EU law and imposing a fine of €530 million.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Threats of countermeasures against U.S. lawsuits related to COVID-19 * New policy measures to stabilize economy * Updates on antitrust review of CK Hutchison port deal * Discussion of international legal basis for China’s retaliation against U.S. with the WTO

In an interview yesterday with Fox News, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer pushed back on the idea that President Trump's trade agenda was all about China, and instead emphasized the administration's broader concerns with trade deficits and U.S. manufacturing.

Last month, we wrote about a lawsuit against some of the Trump administration's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which targeted the tariffs imposed in February and March on Chinese imports. Since then, lawsuits have proliferated against these tariffs and the "reciprocal"

According to a Geneva-based trade official, at yesterday's meeting of the WTO's Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Committee, several issues related to Chinese subsidies/countervailing duties and Chinese concerns with other countries' subsidies/countervailing duties were discussed.