In letters to the Department of Homeland Security, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on Competition between the U.S. and the CCP and several Republican colleagues called for Chinese battery manufacturers Gotion and CATL to be put on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * China-UAE renew partnership * MOFCOM’s “carrot and stick” diplomacy in Europe * Partial suspension of ECFA tariff concessions * SPS updates * MFA’s comments on EV subsidies Rest of the World: * U.S. government officials comment on bilateral trade and Chinese government

With a focus on the European Commission's anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese EVs, Bernd Lange, the Chairman of the Trade Committee in the European Parliament, has written a piece entitled "Avoid escalation of the EU-China trade dispute."

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.