This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

Starting in China, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) concluded its anti-dumping investigation into EU pork and by-products, imposing final duties that are significantly lower than initial estimates.

MOFCOM also welcomed the EU's move to negotiate price undertakings with Chinese companies to replace anti-subsidy duties on EVs; and it stressed that the diplomatic deadlock over the semiconductor firm Nexperia remains a concern, urging the Dutch government to take "constructive measures" to resolve the dispute.

MOFCOM issued a sharp rebuke of the European Union on its Foreign Subsidies Regulation, labeling a string of recent raids and subsidy investigations into Chinese companies as "egregious" and "discriminatory."

MOFCOM also formally issued a revised Measures on Trade Policy Compliance, replacing the 2014 trial version and transforming what had been an experimental framework into a permanent, mandatory, and significantly broadened compliance regime.

The city of Wuhan and several Chinese entities reportedly filed a $50.5 billion lawsuit in China against current and former Missouri officials in retaliation for their actions in the state lawsuit against the Chinese government and other entities over COVID-19.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced sanctions against Shigeru Iwasaki, the former chief of the joint staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF), for "openly colluding with 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces."

Turning to the U.S., in a statement to Congress made as part of a closed door session informing key Congressional committees on how the upcoming USMCA joint review will proceed, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer identified a number of areas for negotiation that will affect Chinese trade and investment with the three USMCA parties.

As part of a U.S. House Select Committee on China hearing on "China's Auto Threat to America," a group of automakers made a submission outlining their views and concerns.

Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, appealed a U.S. district court ruling rejecting a claim that it had been wrongly placed on a U.S. government blacklist.

A U.S. appeals court rejected a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that restricts purchases of Texas land by individuals from foreign adversaries, finding that the plaintiff in this case did not have standing. 

In Canada, as part of a study on Canadian Supply Chains, Forced Labour, and Related Imports, the Canadian Parliament had discussions of various aspects of forced labor in China.

At the WTO, the Committee on Government Procurement recently issued its report for 2025, noting with regard to China's accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement that China had announced this year "that it would not seek new special and differential treatment in current and future WTO negotiations and indicated that this principle would be reflected in its next market access offer."