This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * MOFCOM updates control list of technologies for export * December GACC sanitary requirements for food imports In the U.S.: * New pressure to investigate China’s Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) industry * Congressional pressure to blacklist Chinese company Brite Semiconductor * Ninestar’

Last December, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) published sanitary requirements for various food imports from Uruguay, Finland, Vietnam, and Kazakhstan.

Litigation by Chinese company Ninestar and its subsidiaries over a U.S. government decision to include them on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List continues, with new briefs filed by both sides.

On December 21, China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology released an updated control list of technologies for which exports are banned or subject to licensing requirements, covering technologies related to rare earth, laser radar, drones, and cybersecurity.

In a complaint filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade on December 29, two U.S. solar companies argued that the Biden administration's decision to pause certain tariffs on imports of Chinese solar cells and modules was in violation of U.S. law.

A recent report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace examines the impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative through the lens of eight experts from Southeast Asian countries.

Recent company lobbying and Congressional pressure on the Biden administration have put the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) industry, which makes sensors used in autonomous vehicle, in the middle of the U.S.-China tech/trade conflict.