Today, the European Commission announced two subsidies investigations of companies with ties to China, related to bids on a Romanian government solar project.

Multiple reports revealed that China has ramped up a campaign to phase out foreign products and software in government computers and servers with domestic replacements, a renewed effort in a decade-long push for securing government IT products and systems.

Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office issued its 2024 report on foreign trade barriers. The section on Chinese laws and regulations is mostly the same as the previous year, but new concerns on government procurement, labor, and export restrictions have been added.

Last month, China's Customs started allowing Austrian dairy and pork products to enter the Chinese market. On the other hand, it also suspended imports of some meat products from three countries due to animal disease concerns.

At the March 20-22, 2024 WTO SPS Committee meeting, the U.S. made two statements relating to issues it had previously raised on Chinese measures, on the listing of foreign establishments able to export to China and on import restrictions based on avian flu, and later submitted those statements as

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * China-Netherlands meetings  * Officials meeting with global CEOs * New rules on cross-border data flows * Termination of trade remedies on Australian wine * New negative lists for services trade In the U.S.: * Revisions to U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty regulations * New

Last month, the European Commission announced the first ever in-depth investigation under its new Foreign Subsidies Regulation, targeting CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CRRC Corporation, a Chinese state-owned train manufacturer. In reaction to that investigation, CRRC withdrew its bid for a Bulgarian procurement contract.