Australian government officials have announced that China's suspension of five meat processing establishments has been lifted with immediate effect, allowing additional Australian beef sales in China.

Last week, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) "launched an inquiry" into Chinese-owned Tutor.com "amid concerns that its users’ sensitive data could be used and exploited by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)."

At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission last week, a panel on "Measures to Limit the Flow of Key Technologies to China" discussed how export controls might more effectively advance U.S. national security interests by restricting Chinese access to select inputs.

At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission last week, a panel on "Coordinating Strategy with Key Trade Partners" sought perspectives on how the U.S. government might encourage allies to adopt similar trade policies related to China.

At a Washington International Trade Association event last week, a number of U.S. trade experts discussed the reasons that the Biden administration imposed new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), as well as various possible new developments and Chinese reactions.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Three sanctions announcements * MOFCOM anti-dumping investigation on POM copolymers * Calls for auto tariffs and other countermeasures against U.S. and EU trade measures * MOFCOM comments on sanctions, anti-dumping investigations, and potential tariffs In the U.S.: * Trade remedy investigations against

At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today, a panel on "U.S. Trade Strategy to Address China’s Nonmarket Practices" examined the issue of whether the U.S. should withdraw Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for China and also discussed whether