This past week, CTM covered the following issues.
With China's exports of rare earths remaining at the center of trade talks, Chinese customs data shows a mixed picture in September, as a sharp recovery in rare earth magnet shipments drove overall rare earth product exports higher, while raw rare earth exports declined in both volume and value month-on-month.
China announced a new set of export control rules, imposing restrictions on specialized construction equipment, and adjusted existing controls on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and dredgers.
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) jointly issued a draft catalog, initiating a formal public consultation to revise the Catalog of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export.
CTM did a roundup of MOFCOM’s press conferences/press Q&As this week.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a notice ordering the removal of all DeepSeek AI products from federal civilian agency information technology systems.
The U.S. State Department announced that it "is sanctioning five entities connected to People’s Republic of China national Linwei Ding under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act (PAIPA) in connection with theft of trade secrets from U.S. persons."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič offered comments on efforts to address EU-China trade conflict.
Canada and China notified the WTO about their consultations on a Canadian safeguard measure on wood products.
CTM did a review of India's trade remedy measures against Chinese imports.
Since the U.S. imposition of forced labor Section 301 tariffs, mainstream Chinese media outlets, including the Global Times, China.com, and People’s Daily, have published commentaries from Chinese scholars criticizing the use of the tariffs.
Alan Wolff of the Peterson Institute published a policy brief entitled "The US should consider allowing Chinese production of electric vehicles in America under certain conditions."