EU leaders announced a new "country agnostic" approach to economic security today, and in doing so tried to establish a careful balance between expressing concern about Chinese economic practices and maintaining a good working relationship with China.

In a ruling circulated today, a WTO panel has found that China's anti-dumping measures on stainless steel products from Japan violate a number of obligations in the WTO's Anti-dumping (AD) Agreement.

China's commerce minister Wang Shouwen said at a recent event that China is currently pushing ahead with the process of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

On June 15, China's customs agency lifted decade-long bans on Polish and Belgian beef. The impact of the announcement on trade in these products remains an open question.

In testimony before a U.S. House of Representatives Committee last week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was critical of World Bank lending to China, and expressed doubt that "decoupling" of the U.S. and Chinese economies was a realistic possibility.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * May trade data released * Trade talks with Honduras and Arab countries In the U.S.: * Chinese companies added to UFLPA Entity List and export control list * Legislation introduced on U.S.-Taiwan trade and de minimis rules * Injunction requested in

Commenting on a newly issued report, European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton pushed EU Member States to restrict or exclude Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks.