With the U.S., the EU, and Canada all taking action recently to impose tariffs on Chinese EV imports, there has been some recent discussion in the UK about whether it should follow the lead of the others.

A U.S. Commerce Department investigation that will apply new transnational subsidy rules for the first time is underway, with Commerce asking the Chinese government for details about its subsidies in the solar sector related to production in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Chinese government has now responded.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determination in an anti-dumping duty investigation of paper plates from China.

Last week, members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party pressed the Biden administration to look into two drone makers with a connection to DJI and to place CATL on a Defense Department blacklist.

A new IMF paper tries to quantify Chinese subsidies and their effects, and ties them to the debate on "overcapacity."

Following the Canadian government decision to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel, and aluminum last week, the Canadian Marine Industries and Shipbuilding Association (CMISA) has called for tariffs on Chinese-built ships as well.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Wang-Sullivan meeting  * China's preliminary anti-dumping ruling on EU brandy * Prospects of China raising tariffs on big engine cars In North America: * U.S. court case on Chinese solar company and forced labor * USTR solicits comments on China'