The decline exists with most of China's major trading partners, although there are a few exceptions.

At a Ministerial meeting in Paris on June 8, the governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States put forward a Joint Declaration Against Trade-Related Economic Coercion and Non-Market Policies and Practices.

Last week, there were two new developments in the lawsuit filed by a group of Chinese citizens, along with a real estate brokerage firm that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent, in U.S. federal court to challenge a Florida law that discriminates against Chinese citizens in real estate purchases.

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.