At the 10th EU-China High-Level Trade and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, which was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, the two sides discussed trade, supply chains, and financial services, and agreed to create working groups for some contentious trade issues.

Last week, China submitted a WTO communication entitled "Position Paper of China Regarding Japan's Discharge of Nuclear-Contaminated Water into the Ocean."

During a press conference last week, China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong offered comments on the upcoming China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, China's outbound investment, trade disputes with Australia, and the implementation of export controls on gallium and germanium.

Commenting on the ongoing review of the Section 301 tariffs being undertaken by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai stated on Friday that the goal "is to wrap this up, hopefully by the end of this year."

At a recent think tank event, EU and U.S. trade officials responded to questions about the recently announced European Commission anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese electric vehicles.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Sanctions on U.S. companies for arms sales to Taiwan * Customs announcements related to fruit, beef, and dairy * Extension of countervailing measures on EU potato starch * Comments on China's industrial policy In other countries: * U.S. members of

Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce announced the extension of the countervailing measures on EU potato starch, maintaining countervailing duties of up to 12.4%. The reasoning of the decision is summarized below.