This past week, CTM covered the following issues. (This will be a short week due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.) At the international level: * China and U.S. commerce ministers meeting * WTO SPS Committee meeting * Law journal article on China's anti-suit injunction practice In China:

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recently issued its annual report to Congress, which included a number of findings on economic issues.

At the November 15-17 WTO SPS Committee meeting, the U.S. raised concerns about Chinese SPS restrictions related to company registration and bird flu.

Earlier this month, China's market regulator approved U.S. semiconductor firm Micron's acquisition of a packaging and testing firm in China, part of the company's plan to expand investment in China.

Litigation in U.S. court is continuing over the state of Florida's restrictions on real estate purchases by Chinese citizens, with legal briefs now filed in a federal appellate court over the issue of whether a preliminary injunction against enforcing the law should be granted.

The commerce ministers of China and the United States met last week on the sideline of APEC. While the two sides remain at odds about the national security aspects of trade and investment, they managed to agree on enhancing communication on trade secret protection, standards, as well as trade and

A new article in the Journal of World Intellectual Property examines the intellectual property issues in the background of an ongoing EU-China WTO dispute.