This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

Chinese state media launched a four-part commentary series aimed at shaping economic expectations, mounting a robust defense of Beijing’s industrial policy and trade trajectory while signaling key domestic investment priorities for the second half of the year.

Chinese antitrust regulators fined online travel giant Trip.com Group nearly 5.2 billion yuan ($765 million) for abusing its market dominance, a milestone in China's effort to address unfair and "involutionary" competition.

In the lawsuit against the Section 301 tariffs on 60 economies that the Trump administration deems to have insufficient laws or enforcement against imports made with forced labor, the plaintiffs in the lead case have filed a motion for judgment based on the agency record.

Following the official state visit of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa to China, the two nations have taken another step to deepen their bilateral economic ties. 

The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) announced the details of an upgrade to its FTA with China.

International litigation in the long-running saga over Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's Panama ports appears to be moving forward, with the company recently announcing the next steps in an investment arbitration proceeding.