This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Anti-dumping actions on styrene imports from South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, and on toluidine from the EU * SPS decisions in June * China-Peru FTA upgrade In the U.S.: * USTR comments on Chinese investment in Mexican auto sector * AD/

Today, the EU provided details on its previously announced provisional duties in its anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEV).

At a recent WTO meeting, several WTO Members continued to press China on the sufficiency of its notifications related to state-trading enterprises.

In its second biennial Report on the Operation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with Respect to Trade in Automotive Goods, released earlier this week, USTR commented on issues related to Chinese investment in the Mexico auto sector.

In response to Mexican government actions that it believes are undermining its lithium mining operations, Chinese company Ganfeng International Trading and two of its UK-based affiliates (Bacanora Lithium and Sonora Lithium) are pushing ahead with an ISDS complaint against Mexico.

Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department issued decisions on anti-dumping/countervailing duties on paper plates and pea protein from China.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury Department issued its semiannual report to Congress on "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States." China was not found to be a currency manipulator, but was kept on a "monitoring list."