The U.S. Trade Representative's Office has released summaries of its negotiating proposals for the second stage of the U.S.-Taiwan 21st Century Trade Initiative Negotiations.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Public procurement phase out of foreign products and software * January-February data on services trade * China’s expiry review of trade remedy measures on paper products * SPS announcements In the U.S.: * USTR report on foreign trade barriers * Proposed legislation restricting

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled this week that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) acted properly when it banned video equipment from Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua from being sold in the U.S.

Four new bills have recently been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to limit U.S. investment in China.

Yesterday, the European Commission announced that it had imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate ("PET") from China, affirming the provisional duties it imposed last November.

Today, the European Commission announced two subsidies investigations of companies with ties to China, related to bids on a Romanian government solar project.

Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office issued its 2024 report on foreign trade barriers. The section on Chinese laws and regulations is mostly the same as the previous year, but new concerns on government procurement, labor, and export restrictions have been added.