Last week, a federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction that prevents a Montana law banning TikTok from taking effect, finding that the law violates several provisions of the U.S. Constitution.

The trade ministers of China and South Korea met today in Beijing to discuss ways to "expand[] bilateral economic cooperation," including creating communication channels for export controls and supply chains, as well as continuing trade and investment negotiations.

A WTO panel reviewing a Chinese complaint against various Australian AD/CVD measures has announced the date for issuance of the panel report to the parties, but a settlement may be in the works before then.

Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, along with a group of bipartisan lawmakers, urged the Biden administration to "open investigations into Autel Robotics, a People's

In November, China's Customs agency issued sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures for various goods from Colombia and Chile after state visits by their presidents, as well as aquatic, dairy, and animal products from a few other nations.

In two recent third party submissions in the dispute between the EU and China related to Chinese restrictions on Lithuanian goods, the U.S. focused on the issue of whether there is evidence that a "measure" exists and the nature of that measure.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues.  In China: * Uruguayan President's state visit to China, with over 20 deals signed * MOFCOM comments on Australian wine tariffs and export controls on minerals * Conditional approval of Broadcom's US$69 billion acquisition of VMware In Europe: * European Commission