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.

A recent report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace examines the impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative through the lens of eight experts from Southeast Asian countries.

Recent company lobbying and Congressional pressure on the Biden administration have put the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) industry, which makes sensors used in autonomous vehicle, in the middle of the U.S.-China tech/trade conflict.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arguing that the Biden administration should blacklist Chinese company Brite Semiconductor and "tighten its inadequate export controls on American chip-design software."

After completing negotiations on an investment agreement a couple months ago, Taiwan and Canada signed the agreement at the end of December.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Beijing’s ruling on trade barrier investigation against Taiwan and suspension of tariff concessions under the ECFA as a result * China-Honduras FTA talks In the United States: * Congress demanding oversight into sales to DJI * House Committee’s tariff recommendation * Yellen’

As the result of a recently completed trade barriers investigation, Beijing announced that it would suspend tariff concessions to Taiwan under the Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). The scope of the suspension is very limited, although it may serve as an early warning for further restrictions down the road.