An investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) case brought by a Chinese-owned mining company against the Colombian government, on the basis of a failure to rein in illegal mining activities and related violence, has moved forward.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Trade barrier investigation against EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation * Impact of gallium and germanium export controls * Trade cooperation with Tajikistan * Rare earths regulation In the U.S.: * Anti-dumping case on Pirelli tires * Tariffs on steel and aluminum targeting Chinese inputs in

This week, the Biden administration announced the imposition of tariffs on imported Mexican steel and aluminum, with the target mainly being Chinese inputs into these products.

This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as chair of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), released an updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) strategy, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke at a think tank event on "New Frontiers in UFLPA Enforcement."

At a Council on Foreign Relations event today, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Jay Shambaugh offered comments on "Chinese Overcapacity and the Global Economy."

In late June, a British appeals court ruled in favor of a claim by human rights groups that the UK government was not taking appropriate action under specific UK statutes to address concerns about products made in Xinjiang with forced labor.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which is the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would "expand CFIUS’s jurisdiction over certain transactions by foreign persons involving real estate in the United States."