This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) blocked Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus.

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) placed seven EU entities on its export control entity list for alleged arms sales to Taiwan. The move followed the European Commission sanctioning a new wave of Chinese firms for allegedly violating EU sanctions against Russia.

MOFCOM also submitted comments on the EU's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, accusing Brussels of "double standards" and "discriminatory" policies that potentially violate several WTO obligations.

China's Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council updated its tariff schedules, granting zero tariffs to imports from 20 African countries, effective next month.

On the city level, Shanghai expanded the city's negative list for cross-border data transfer, expanding a pilot program to establish a city-wide framework that streamlines how businesses move data across national borders.

In recent months, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced preliminary affirmative determinations in the anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from India, Indonesia, and Laos. The Indonesia and Laos investigations considered allegations of "transnational subsidies" from the Chinese government in the form of input products provided for less than adequate remuneration.

Seventy-four Democrats in the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Trump pressing him not to allow imports of Chinese automobiles or Chinese automobile production in the U.S.

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Stealth Stealing: China’s Ongoing Theft of U.S. Innovation" heard testimony from witnesses with different views on the issue of allegations regarding Chinese theft of American intellectual property.

Last month, a federal judge in Chicago fined Chinese telecommunications company Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd US$50 million for "criminally conspiring to steal proprietary technology from Illinois-based Motorola Solutions, Inc."

An Advocate General advisory opinion in a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that the Estonian government could compel a European company to remove Huawei products from its network, on the basis of national security concerns.

In the midst of controversy over Chinese control of the Port of Darwin in Australia, an investment arbitration lawsuit has been filed regarding a "concession agreement regarding a port," based on the investment chapter of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.