This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

In relation to the Trump-Xi meetings, the Trump administration and the Chinese government released details of the trade talks; the two sides published details of how the U.S.-China Board of Trade will work to provide tariff liberalization on a limited number of non-sensitive products; and China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) confirmed that the U.S. and China have agreed to extend their temporary trade truce into early next year and establish arrangements to address artificial intelligence, financial services, and trade.

MOFCOM announced that it is extending its trade barrier investigations into U.S. practices affecting global supply chains and green product trade.

China unveiled new guidelines for prosecuting criminal cases involving fentanyl-related substances and expanded export controls on key precursor chemicals.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and eight other authorities jointly issued a blueprint for the country's intelligent connected new energy vehicle sector, setting targets for technological breakthroughs, supply chain upgrades, and global cooperation through 2030.

CTM did a weekly roundup of MOFCOM press conference/press Q&As.

At a press conference during a meeting of G20 trade ministers in Milwaukee, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer commented on the Trump administration's structural approach to trading with China and also on an ongoing Section 301 investigation related to compliance with the Phase One agreement.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced legislation aimed at barring Chinese-made optical transceivers from federal national security systems, marking the latest Congressional move to target Chinese imports. 

At a hearing, a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) pressed lawyers for both plaintiffs and the U.S. government about their arguments related to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration in response to concerns about trade in goods made using forced labor.

China and Türkiye agreed to delay for another month a decision on how to proceed with a WTO dispute in which a panel found Turkish measures in its EV/auto sector to violate WTO rules.