In a ruling on Friday, a U.S. district court judge granted summary judgment to the U.S. government in a lawsuit by Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, that argued it had been wrongly placed on a U.S. government blacklist.

In what could be a sign of things to come for other existing Chinese investments in the U.S., the Trump administration is ordering the divestment of a 2020 purchase of a U.S. audiovisual equipment company.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * MOFCOM anti-dumping investigations on brandy, toluidine, and steel products * Sanctions on Taiwanese companies * Procurement restrictions on EU medical device companies * Vietnam-China trade relations * U.S. copper tariffs * U.S. actions to address transshipment * U.S. actions to restrict Chinese ownership of farmland

The issue of Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland has become a hot button one in recent years, and the Trump administration has announced a new plan that addresses this and other issues related to agricultural security.

Yesterday, President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that 50% tariffs on copper would be imposed soon, on the basis of "national security" concerns.

In recent days and weeks, President Trump's trade negotiating agenda has set its sights on preventing transshipment of Chinese goods through third countries, in particular countries in Southeast Asia.

At a recent WTO meeting, China initiated a discussion of the U.S. "reciprocal" tariffs, with many other countries also weighing in.