With EU member states scheduled to vote this Friday on imposing countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles, the European Commission official in charge of the investigation has provided an update on the state of play, including negotiations with China.

In the midst of a Section 301 investigation against Chinese practices in the shipbuilding and maritime sectors, members of Congress are pushing ahead with legislative efforts to build up the U.S. shipbuilding sector in the face of growing Chinese dominance of the industry.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Unreliable Entity Investigation * New government policy to promote services trade * Anti-dumping investigation on rubber products from Canada, Japan and India * China-Japan deal on seafood import ban In North America: * New Biden administration proposed rule to curb Chinese EVs and related

The Canadian Parliamentary study of imports of Chinese manufactured goods is continuing, with the most recent hearing discussing forced labor issues.

At a hearing today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) heard from several industry groups in relation to a request for comments on China's compliance with its WTO obligations.

Following up on an initial move earlier this year, the Biden administration has issued a proposed rule that would limit the ability to sell vehicles produced by Chinese companies, or vehicles produced by non-Chinese companies in China, in the U.S. market, based on concerns about national security.

As China-EU trade tensions intensify, with a number of trade remedy cases and WTO challenges to those cases taking place in both directions, the latest development is an EU challenge to China's anti-subsidy investigation on EU dairy products.