A recent CSIS podcast with Kenneth Smith Ramos, Chief Trade Negotiator for Mexico from 2017 to 2018 and one of the architects of USMCA, raised issues related to Chinese production in Mexico intended to avoid U.S. tariffs, as well as more general concerns with Chinese investment in Mexico. The

In remarks on "The Importance and Strength of the Transatlantic Alliance," given in Frankfurt, Germany today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on EU leaders to find a "united way" forward with the U.S. on a response to threats from Chinese industrial policy.

A Senate Finance Committee Majority Staff investigation found that certain automakers had imported cars and parts linked to Chinese forced labor.

When asked whether the Canadian government would follow the U.S. lead and impose tariffs on EV imports from China, Canada's Industry Minister suggested in general terms that it was aligned with the U.S., without making a clear commitment on the tariffs.

At a Senate budget hearing last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo discussed how to negotiate with the Chinese government on trade, tariff evasion through Chinese production in third countries, and data gathered by Chinese connected vehicles.

Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department initiated anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on silicon photovoltaic cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, with a focus on Chinese-headquartered companies that are producing in those countries.

In an opinion issued last week, Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concluded that the European Commission's treatment of cross-border subsidies in anti-subsidy investigations was consistent with EU law.