At a Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting on May 2, for which the minutes have recently been circulated, WTO Members reviewed subsidy notifications that had been made, including the notifications made by China.

Earlier this month, China's Ministry of Commerce launched expiry reviews on anti-dumping measures imposed on chlorobutyl rubber from the United States, the European Union, and Singapore.

In final determinations issued in recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Commerce mostly confirmed its preliminary determinations that several manufacturers of photovoltaic cells and modules have been circumventing anti-dumping/countervailing duties imposed on imports from China by doing "minor processing" in four Southeast Asian countries. However,

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Suspension of imports from Japan in response to the discharging of radioactive water * Trade barrier investigation against Taiwan, and suspension of mango imports from Taiwan * State visit to South Africa * China-Africa economic relations In the U.S.: * Proposed Commerce

As Japan started discharging its treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean today, China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) announced that it is banning all imports of aquatic products from Japan.

The U.S. Commerce Department has announced a proposed rule that would eliminate the current regulation preventing it from countervailing "transnational" or "cross-border" subsidies, with China's BRI subsidies a likely target of any new countervailing duties.

Chinese President Xi Jinping had a state visit to South Africa this week. After a meeting between the leaders of the two countries, the two sides signed multiple agreements on energy, investment, and trade. China agreed to donate energy power equipment and provide a grant of approximately US$27 million