In a recent anti-dumping and countervailing duties investigation on optical fibre cables from China, the UK's Trade Remedy Authority (TRA) recommended imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties, and in its reasoning in the anti-dumping case it took into account Chinese government influence over the industry and labor policies.

There have been new developments in two WTO disputes involving Chinese trade remedy measures, one brought by Japan and the other brought by Australia.

At a recent campaign event, Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley commented on Chinese investment in the U.S., and her answer provided a sense of the difficulty such investments will likely encounter going forward.

At a Washington International Trade Association event last week on "Trade and National Security: China and Outbound Investment in the Crosshairs," Clete Willems, the Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics and Deputy NEC Director during the Trump administration, provided a useful overview of the current discussion

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Revised export controls on graphite * BRI forum * Colombia-China state visit, cooperation deals * Global Digital Trade Expo * Extension of anti-dumping duties on plastics In the U.S.: * Hearing on Chinese labor practices in seafood industry * CTM FOIA request related to Huawei

Canada and Taiwan have completed their 10 month long negotiations on a foreign investment agreement, although the text has not yet been released and some "legal scrubbing" still needs to take place.

Yesterday, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China held a hearing on "How Forced Labor in China Taints America’s Seafood Supply Chain," with various witnesses testifying about different aspects of the issue.