In a complaint filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade on December 29, two U.S. solar companies argued that the Biden administration's decision to pause certain tariffs on imports of Chinese solar cells and modules was in violation of U.S. law.

Recent company lobbying and Congressional pressure on the Biden administration have put the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) industry, which makes sensors used in autonomous vehicle, in the middle of the U.S.-China tech/trade conflict.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arguing that the Biden administration should blacklist Chinese company Brite Semiconductor and "tighten its inadequate export controls on American chip-design software."

After completing negotiations on an investment agreement a couple months ago, Taiwan and Canada signed the agreement at the end of December.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Beijing’s ruling on trade barrier investigation against Taiwan and suspension of tariff concessions under the ECFA as a result * China-Honduras FTA talks In the United States: * Congress demanding oversight into sales to DJI * House Committee’s tariff recommendation * Yellen’

In the EU-China WTO dispute over "anti-suit injunctions" issued by Chinese courts, Australia has now made several submissions to the WTO panel as a third party to the dispute.

In a request for information pursuant to Article 63.3 of the TRIPS Agreement, the EU has asked that China provide the text of a recent domestic court decision that set the worldwide rates for standard essential patents of Nokia relating to 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G mobile telecommunications technology.