China's Customs recently announced import suspensions on poultry products and other animal products from certain countries due to animal disease outbreaks. On the other hand, it also lifted a decade-long import ban on animal products from Colombia.

The China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) issued a statement in response to a reported agreement between the governments of the United States, Japan and the Netherlands, and called for global defense of "the globalization of the semiconductor industry" and urged the Chinese government to provide a better "

Members of Congress in both the House and the Senate have introduced legislation to block China and other adversaries from purchasing land near U.S. military bases.

The year-long saga over a Chinese investment in Grand Forks, North Dakota has come to an end, as the Grand Forks City Council has rejected the Chinese company's land purchase there.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Ministry of Commerce imposes sanctions on two U.S. defense companies; starts an expiry review of anti-dumping measures on Indian chemicals * Customs Tariff Commission extends tariffs exclusions on some U.S. goods * Top officials meet with Cambodian Prime Minister * Local

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) today announced the first-of-its-kind sanctions on two U.S. defense companies, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Raytheon Missiles and Defense, for their arms sales to Taiwan.

Two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to ban TikTok from operating in the United States.