In response to a recent statement by President Biden on Chinese subsidies to the EV sector, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has weighed in on the issue. The rhetoric from both sides merits some fact checking and clarification.

At a Georgetown University Law Center event last week, a U.S. government official working for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party offered some comments on the issue of Chinese government influence over private companies, and

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai commented on China-U.S. trade relations yesterday, emphasizing the importance of international rules on labor standards, environmental protections, and anti-monopoly provisions.

Australian concerns about Chinese investment in the mining sector are continuing, as Treasury Minister Jim Chalmers has stood in the way of another investment.

Legislation proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives last month would give additional power to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to restrict exports of AI technology.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. * China-Japan-South Korea summit * Chinese export controls in the aerospace and aviation sector * Graphite exports * Developments on Australian beef imports * U.S. Commerce Department sets preliminary duties on Chinese glass wine bottles * U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearings * U.S.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary affirmative determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of certain glass wine bottles from China.