The WTO's Committee on Government Procurement recently issued its report for 2025, noting with regard to China's accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement that China had announced this year "that it would not seek new special and differential treatment in current and future WTO

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China's Commerce Minister laid out the government's blueprint for global trade and investment over the next five years, vowing a path of "high-level opening." Crucially, the Minister also stressed that this openness will be balanced against

At a hearing today, the U.S. House Select Committee on China discussed issues related to "China's Auto Threat to America," with expert witnesses testifying. Since the U.S. has already announced a ban on Chinese EVs for national security reasons, and there are various tariffs

At a think tank event today, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer pushed back on the idea that the Trump administration should align with other countries in a "common approach" to dealing with China on trade issues.

This week, the Mexican Congress is debating a proposal made by the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum to raise tariffs on goods from trading partners with which Mexico does not have a free trade agreement (FTA), with China being the country most affected.

In a decision issued in July, a U.S. court rejected a claim by several persons from Taiwan asking the U.S. government "to address their alleged statelessness."

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China has lodged "serious concerns" against the new trade agreement between the United States and Malaysia during a recent meeting with Malaysian officials. An updated version of the China-Russia investment treaty entered into force. The treaty, replacing the 2006 version,