This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

Following months of heightened trade friction, bilateral relations between Beijing and Ottawa have entered a period of de-escalation.  Implementing the resolutions reached during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mid-January visit to China, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) concluded its anti-dumping investigation and adjusted its anti-discrimination measures last weekend. For its part, the Canadian government informed importers "of the rules and procedures governing the administration of the quota for imports of electric vehicles (EVs) from the People’s Republic of China (China)."

At a news conference ahead of the annual parliamentary session, China’s top legislature pledged new efforts on long-term institutional planning and social welfare while doubling down on technological independence, opening-up, and international cooperation.

Eight central Chinese agencies released the 2026 Guideline on Automotive Data Export Security, which solidifies a sector-specific security regime and provides clarity on the "when" and "how" of cross-border data movements.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued its 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (Notorious Markets List, or NML), which "highlights prominent and illustrative examples of online and physical markets that reportedly engage in, facilitate, turn a blind eye to, or benefit from substantial piracy or counterfeiting."

In recent filings with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), several solar companies have presented their arguments that the Commerce Department erred by treating "transnational subsidies" from China as countervailable.

After the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's IEEPA tariffs, his administration turned to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 for replacement tariffs (to be supplemented by additional tariffs under Section 301 of that same statute, as well as Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962), and a lawsuit has now been filed against the Section 122 tariffs.

The EU is moving forward with an industrial policy plan that uses discriminatory procurement policies to promote manufacturing in the EU, with Chinese producers and policies as the main target.