In recent years, the U.S. has made an active push to convince other countries not to use Huawei products in their telecoms networks. Through a FOIA request, CTM obtained some details of U.S. efforts to convince Oman to choose Ericsson over Huawei.

On Saturday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that he would travel to China from November 4 to 7, as Australia and China have each taken steps to resolve some ongoing disputes over trade remedies.

On Friday, the Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet announced that, based on its review of the circumstances of the lease of the Port of Darwin, it would not vary or cancel a 99 year lease of the Port to Chinese company Landbridge Group.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * China and Serbia sign FTA * Chilean state visit leads to various deals * China-EU Strategic Dialogue In the U.S.: * Export controls on semiconductors and AI expanded * New brief filed in litigation on UFLPA Entity List In Europe: * Progress on forced

The European Union's efforts to adopt a regulation on forced labor are progressing, as Parliament has moved the regulation forward, but finalizing the regulation could stretch into next year.

At Monday's meeting of the WTO Committee on Market Access, China and other governments raised concerns about a new Indian restriction on computers, tablets and other electronic products.

Over the past few days, there have been developments in two WTO disputes involving China: The EU complaint against alleged Chinese restrictions on trade with Lithuania; and the Australian complaint against Chinese wine tariffs.