CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

In China:

  • Analysis of the 20th Party Congress
  • Trends in trade data
  • Taxes on e-cigarettes
  • National and local measures to support investment

In Europe:

  • UK lawsuit relating to imports of products made with forced labor
  • UK Parliament discussion of supply chains
  • European Commission President comments on China trade issues
  • European Parliament hearings on forced labor and trade enforcement
  • German approval of port purchase by Chinese company

In the United States:

  • Efforts to stop Mexico from buying Chinese scanners
  • Export control actions against data storage company selling to China

In the rest of the world:

  • Australian think tank report on China-Australia economic relations
  • China responds at WTO to questions about its subsidies