Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Tajikistan last week, vowing more cooperation between the two nations in new energy, mining, and trade.

This piece discusses an ongoing U.S. court appeal relating to a U.S. Commerce Department anti-dumping determination against tires produced by Pirelli, an Italian company that was acquired by a Chinese company.

Last month, China announced a new regulation on rare earths, tightening control over the industry.

During a recent webinar, trade lawyers from the U.S. and Mexico discussed several issues related to Chinese investment in Mexico and broader geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China, with the recent Mexican election and upcoming U.S. election as background.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Anti-dumping actions on styrene imports from South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, and on toluidine from the EU * SPS decisions in June * China-Peru FTA upgrade In the U.S.: * USTR comments on Chinese investment in Mexican auto sector * AD/

On June 22, China's Ministry of Commerce concluded its expiry review of anti-dumping duties on styrene imports from South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, and decided to keep the duties in place.

Today, the EU provided details on its previously announced provisional duties in its anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEV).