In late December, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office started an investigation into Chinese policies and practices that it said were designed to "dominate domestic and global markets in the semiconductor industry," focusing on foundational semiconductors and silicon carbide substrates (or other wafers used as inputs

Chinese laws and regulations related to national standards for office devices and government procurement were discussed at the WTO's Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures meeting in October, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Foreign investment data * Pilot project on foreign-owned hospitals In North America: * Petition for trade remedy investigations on Chinese active anode material * U.S. Congress hearing on Chinese IP practices * Canadian sanctions on Chinese officials At the WTO: * Review of two

A WTO panel has been composed to hear China's complaint against tax credits under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Earlier this week, the American Active Anode Material Producers, representing U.S. producers of graphite, filed a petition for the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of active anode material (i.e. processed graphite) from China.

At a hearing yesterday, members of Congress spoke with several expert witnesses about the problems of dealing with a number of specific Chinese practices related to intellectual property, including SEP-litigation practice.

At today's meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, Australia indicated that it had completed implementation of a WTO dispute brought by China related to anti-dumping measures on several products.