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.

Last week, the bipartisan House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party made a recommendation to raise tariffs on China through a change in the U.S. tariff schedule. The political prospects for this proposal are unclear at this point, but if

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and a number of colleagues wrote to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "demanding oversight into" the Defense Department's "role in allowing U.S.

Last week, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) began an investigation that was requested by the U.S. subsidiary of Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo against its Taiwanese rival ASUS, based on an allegation that ASUS was violating Lenovo's patents.

In a speech hosted by the U.S-China Business Council last Thursday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered remarks on China-U.S. economic relations, focusing on three issues: The foundations of the administration's China economic strategy, the progress made over the past year, and plans for the

This past week, CTM covered the following issues.  In international relations: * China-Vietnam meeting * China-Australia trade in meat and barley * China-Singapore FTA upgrade In China: * State council document to integrate domestic and foreign trade * MOFCOM comments on Italy's withdrawal from the BRI and graphite export licensing In the U.

Last week, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) proposed a Section 232 investigation that could lead to additional import restrictions on Chinese garlic for "security" reasons, and also proposed or put forward legislation to restrict or ban Chinese garlic and seafood imports.