The recent Beijing Summit and Ninth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) concluded with new pledges for financing, infrastructure development, and trade. These commitments underscore China's continued strategic focus on its relationship with Africa.

With a number of U.S. legislative proposals being offered in recent years to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations status, a group of economists has tried to evaluate the economic impact of such an action.

A Canadian Parliamentary committee kicked off its discussions today on special surtaxes on Chinese EVs and other manufactured products, with broad support expressed for the measures imposed by the government so far.

The ongoing trade conflict between the European Union (EU) and China over anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) continues, as both sides remain at odds over the potential solutions and the impasse may be difficult to break.

Weighing in on the debate about trade imbalances, a group of IMF economists has released a report arguing that these imbalances are driven by macroeconomic forces rather than trade and industrial policies.

Last Friday, the Biden Administration said that it would be taking "new actions to enforce our laws and protect American consumers, workers, and businesses by addressing the significant increased abuse of the de minimis exemption, in particular China-founded e-commerce platforms, and strengthening efforts to target and block

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * Chinese anti-dumping investigation on Canadian canola seeds * China's WTO complaint on Canadian tariffs * Beijing opens manufacturing sectors to foreign investment * USTR Section 301 duties * U.S. presidential debate * U.S. Trade Rep. comments on China trade * DJI legislation passes