U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), U.S. Representative John Moolenaar (R-MI), and several other House Republicans from Michigan and Illinois sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, "urging the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review the ownership of Gotion, Inc.

At the September 19 meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, several WTO disputes involving China were on the agenda, one involving an appeal, one implementation, and another the systemic implications of a prior ruling.

The Mexican government announced last month that it will raise tariff rates for a number of products. This tariff increase is applicable to all nations that do not have a trade agreement with Mexico, and China falls into this category. As a result, this move will have an impact on

In a WTO consultations request from last week that was made public yesterday, China has supplemented its previous request related to U.S. export restrictions on semiconductors.

Over the first half of September, China's customs agency made several announcements that will impact trade in beef and dairy products.

Last week, Beijing announced that it will sanction two U.S. companies -- Northrop Grumman and a Lockheed Martin unit -- over their arms sales to Taiwan. But experts pointed out that what comes next as part of the sanctions is unclear at the moment.

The China-Japan trade dispute that has resulted from Japan's discharge of treated radioactive wastewater has not yet developed into a formal WTO dispute, but there have been some new developments related to the issue over the past few days.