As a WTO complaint against U.S. semiconductor export controls lingers in the background, these controls have been the subject of comments through the U.S. rule-making process, with new comments coming in recently.

Key members of Congress working on China issues are celebrating the inclusion of Chinese company Hesai on a U.S. Department of Defense blacklist.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Progress in trade talks * Criticism of U.S. raids on Chinese companies * New SPS measures * Export control dialogue with Japan In the U.S.: * Export controls * AD/CV duties on Chinese pressure washers * USTR IP report * Scrutiny of Ford-CATL deal

At a CSIS event yesterday, Executive Vice President and EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis provided some details on the status of the EU anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese electric vehicles, as well as on discussions with the U.S. on these issues.

Netgear, a California-based maker of Wi-Fi products, filed a lawsuit against Huawei in California federal court this week, claiming that Huawei violated U.S. antitrust law by refusing to license its patents on reasonable terms, and also alleging fraud, racketeering and other offenses for withholding patent licenses.

On both sides of the Atlantic, concerns have been expressed recently about the threat of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in relation to security and economic competition.

Litigation in U.S. court over the Biden administration's decision to put a two year pause on imposing tariffs on solar products is continuing, with new briefs filed that argue for dismissing the complaint by the U.S. producers of solar products.