CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

In China:

  • Trade and other deals with Brazil
  • Review of AD/CVDs on Australian barley, extension of AD duties on Japanese chemicals
  • Sanctions on U.S. firms selling arms to Taiwan
  • A report on China's International Commercial Court

In the U.S.:

  • Treasury Secretary speech on U.S.-China economic relations
  • Sanctions on Chinese firms for dealings with Iran and Russia
  • Legislation introduced to ban Chinese citrus imports
  • Congress raises questions about Ford-CATL battery factory deal; holds hearings on implementation of UFLPA and countering China's trade and investment agenda

In Europe:

  • Renewal of EU anti-dumping duties on steel products from China and Taiwan
  • Ukraine's designation of Xiaomi as an "international war sponsor"

At the WTO:

  • Panel composed to hear EU complaint about various Chinese trade restrictions imposed on Lithuania