The WTO has posted China's request for consultations with Canada on the recently announced tariffs on electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would restrict the use of drones made by Chinese company Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI), with a companion bill recently introduced in the Senate.

In a newly released podcast, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai offered a number of thoughts on U.S. trade policy as it relates to China, discussing what she saw as the failure to realize expectations from China's WTO accession as well as concepts such as overcapacity and

Litigation over Hesai Technology's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense to get itself taken off a blacklist of Chinese military companies is continuing, with two new briefs filed recently.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * China’s response to Canada’s announced tariffs on EVs, steel and aluminum * China calls for removal of U.S. Section 301 tariffs * China and a number of African countries signed deals on trade, investment and technology * GACC SPS updates

With the U.S., the EU, and Canada all taking action recently to impose tariffs on Chinese EV imports, there has been some recent discussion in the UK about whether it should follow the lead of the others.

A U.S. Commerce Department investigation that will apply new transnational subsidy rules for the first time is underway, with Commerce asking the Chinese government for details about its subsidies in the solar sector related to production in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Chinese government has now responded.