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.

This piece discusses an ongoing U.S. court appeal relating to a U.S. Commerce Department anti-dumping determination against tires produced by Pirelli, an Italian company that was acquired by a Chinese company.

During a recent webinar, trade lawyers from the U.S. and Mexico discussed several issues related to Chinese investment in Mexico and broader geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China, with the recent Mexican election and upcoming U.S. election as background.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Anti-dumping actions on styrene imports from South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, and on toluidine from the EU * SPS decisions in June * China-Peru FTA upgrade In the U.S.: * USTR comments on Chinese investment in Mexican auto sector * AD/

Today, the EU provided details on its previously announced provisional duties in its anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEV).

At a recent WTO meeting, several WTO Members continued to press China on the sufficiency of its notifications related to state-trading enterprises.

In its second biennial Report on the Operation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with Respect to Trade in Automotive Goods, released earlier this week, USTR commented on issues related to Chinese investment in the Mexico auto sector.