This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * First quarter trade data * Trade barrier investigation against Taiwan * Guidelines on imports from Malaysia * Draft regulations on artificial intelligence * Sanctions on several U.S. institutions and individuals * Shanghai investment incentives In the U.S.: * Members of Congress press for tougher

China's trade data for the first quarter of 2023 shows that its trade with the world dropped slightly from last year, although the March data shows a slight rise. In the meantime, China's shrinking trade with the United States continues.

In our seventh post on documents related to U.S.-China negotiations on China's accession to the GATT/WTO, we describe USTR's responses to press questions on the resumption of the GATT Working Party on China's accession.

Today the WTO published a notification from Japan and China that they had agreed to use the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) in the event of any appeal in the China - Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel Products from Japan (DS601) dispute, which is currently pending before a WTO

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), China's cyber watchdog, issued a draft regulation on generative artificial intelligence services, in an attempt to regulate this emerging technology. The draft sets out certain obligations for the service providers in this field, and is now open to public comments until May

China's Ministry of Commerce announced today that it will start a trade barrier investigation against Taiwan's long-standing import bans on over 2,000 items from China. This is the third trade barrier investigation that China has launched in its history, and the first case in the

As part of a visit to the U.S. where he was meeting with his USTR counterparts, European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis spoke at a think tank event, where he offered remarks about various aspects of EU thinking on China trade issues. Dombrovskis emphasized the importance of not being dependent