At a parliamentary hearing last week, several Canadian MPs and a key witness emphasized the security threat that might arise from Chinese EVs operating in Canada.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * China suspends tariff exemptions on Taiwanese goods * Forum on China-Africa Cooperation conference * Conflict and negotiations over EU CVDs on Chinese EVs * Canadian Parliament discussion of Chinese EV tariffs * At WTO, China brings up Türkiye's tariffs on Chinese passenger vehicles and

In a letter to the Biden administration this week, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators pressed the administration to prevent Chinese firms from making investments in Mexico so as to avoid tariffs imposed on imports from China.

At a recent WTO meeting, China brought up Türkiye's tariffs on Chinese passenger vehicles and new U.S. actions under Section 301.

With a number of U.S. legislative proposals being offered in recent years to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations status, a group of economists has tried to evaluate the economic impact of such an action.

A Canadian Parliamentary committee kicked off its discussions today on special surtaxes on Chinese EVs and other manufactured products, with broad support expressed for the measures imposed by the government so far.

Weighing in on the debate about trade imbalances, a group of IMF economists has released a report arguing that these imbalances are driven by macroeconomic forces rather than trade and industrial policies.