At a recent event in San Luis Potosí, Mexican Finance Minister Rogelio Ramírez de la O set out his vision for greater industrial production in Mexico and North America, in order to reduce dependence on China.

A recent meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures discussed the issue of overcapacity, with several WTO Members criticizing Chinese subsidies and their impact on capacity, and China offering responses.

Last week, CTM provided highlights of the first day of China's 2-day long WTO Trade Policy Review. This piece covers developments during the second day.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. * MOFCOM review of anti-dumping measures on optical fiber preform * China sanctions six U.S. military and defense companies * Chinese market regulator eyes U.S. company with patent pools * U.S. Commerce Department official comments on chip export controls and investigation of

At the Aspen Security Forum this week, Alan Estevez, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, spoke about U.S. chip export controls and the Commerce Department's investigation into connected vehicles.

In addition to the Chinese government's policy statement and the statements of other WTO Members related to China's WTO Trade Policy Review, the WTO Secretariat published its own report on China's trade policies and practices, addressing issues such as trade imbalances, subsidies, state-owned

China's ninth WTO Trade Policy Review is taking place on July 17 and 19 and China has already provided its policy statement. As part of this review, other WTO Members also have an opportunity to comment on China's trade policies. We offer highlights of several of