This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Plans to improve the unified domestic market * Official comments on Japan-China bilateral relations * Cooperation agreements signed with Democratic Republic of the Congo * Opposition to U.S.-Taiwan trade deal In the U.S.: * AD/CVD decisions on Chinese imports * Congressional

Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act, which they characterize as "bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. trade remedy laws and ensure they remain effective tools to fight back against unfair trade practices and

The UK government announced yesterday that it would set a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment produced by companies subject to China’s National Intelligence Law from sensitive central government sites.

In two recent trade remedy decisions, the U.S. Commerce Department made preliminary determinations on anti-dumping/countervailing duties on file folders and pressure washers from China.

Officials of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Monday that the government plans to improve the unified domestic market and make it more attractive to foreign capital.

“we're retreating ... from the rule of law, returning to the rule of power.”

China's Ambassador to Japan, Wu Jianghao, recently talked about "new problems, new risks, and new challenges, especially the U.S. factor" in the bilateral relationship, and warned against a lose-lose situation, and letting the U.S. be the "sole winner."