Yesterday, the bipartisan House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party adopted policy recommendations in a report that, the Committee said, "outlines a strategy to fundamentally reset the United States' economic and technological competition with the People's Republic

In two recent conversations, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez offered some explanations of how they see the role of U.S. export controls in denying China access to U.S. technology.

An important source of the China-Australia trade tensions in recent years was Chinese restrictions on Australian beef exports. As China and Australia continue to address these trade tensions, China has now lifted some of its restrictions on Australian meat exporters.

Last week, the WTO held a trade policy review for Hong Kong. In addition to comments on trade policy, the U.S., EU, and UK all made critical comments about China's actions that have led to the "erosion" of Hong Kong's "autonomy."

In a recent interview discussing the ongoing trade talks with Taiwan, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai dismissed the chances of a free trade agreement that would involve traditional tariff liberalization. At the same time, Taiwanese officials and scholars continue to hope and call for a traditional trade agreement with

There were two developments related to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List last week: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of three Chinese companies to the Entity List; and Ninestar filed an amended complaint related to its inclusion on the list.

On December 9, the Australian government announced that Australian exports of barley to China had started up again after the removal of Chinese anti-dumping/countervailing duties following the resolution of a WTO dispute.