China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) recently issued a ruling in Advanced Codec Technologies (ACT) v. OPPO, setting the license fees in China for six standard essential patents (SEPs) related to an audio coding standard. The Court ordered OPPO to pay 15.4 million yuan (approximately US$

At a recent WTO Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures meeting, Japan brought up previously raised issues related to office device standards and China's procurement law, but China argued that this committee was not the appropriate place to discuss them.

During Chinese Premier Li Qiang's official visit to Switzerland, the two nations made headway on reviving trade talks and meetings on financial issues, labor and employment, and intellectual property.

At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing last week, several Biden administration officials testified about enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), discussing issues such as de minimis shipments and application of the law to seafood imports.

Taiwan elected its new leader, Ching-te (William) Lai (賴清德), at a time when its trade relationship with mainland China has been strained. Lai's past statements about trade raise the possibility of a deepening rift with China.

At a WTO Committee on Rules of Origin meeting, China presented its study of the utilization of tariff preferences by least developed countries (LDCs), and other WTO Members offered their reactions.

Last month, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a guideline on standard contracts for personal data flows in the Greater Bay area. Compared to the more general rules on cross-border data flows, the rules for the Greater Bay area alleviate the burden for business in some ways.