Last Friday, in response to a petition by the domestic industry, China's Ministry of Commerce announced the launch of an anti-dumping investigation on brandy from the EU. A few details of the petition are summarized below.

The two leaders of a key U.S. House Committee dealing with China issues are pressing the administration for action against Chinese company Quectel Wireless Solutions, citing national security concerns.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * MOFCOM updates control list of technologies for export * December GACC sanitary requirements for food imports In the U.S.: * New pressure to investigate China’s Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) industry * Congressional pressure to blacklist Chinese company Brite Semiconductor * Ninestar’

Last December, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) published sanitary requirements for various food imports from Uruguay, Finland, Vietnam, and Kazakhstan.

Litigation by Chinese company Ninestar and its subsidiaries over a U.S. government decision to include them on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List continues, with new briefs filed by both sides.

On December 21, China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology released an updated control list of technologies for which exports are banned or subject to licensing requirements, covering technologies related to rare earth, laser radar, drones, and cybersecurity.

In a complaint filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade on December 29, two U.S. solar companies argued that the Biden administration's decision to pause certain tariffs on imports of Chinese solar cells and modules was in violation of U.S. law.