At the March 15 meeting of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE), China presented its proposal for "dedicated multilateral discussions on the trade aspects and implications of certain environmental measures." According to a Geneva-based trade official, China said at the meeting that it would like to

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * New Premier's speech * Resumption of fish imports from Taiwan * Trade remedy updates * Intellectual property protection in Chinese courts * Taiwanese restrictions on investment in China * The state of foreign investment in China In the U.S.: * USTR summary of

China announced that it will resume some fish imports from Taiwan, a first step in the thawing of economic relations across the strait, with trade in additional products potentially restored in the near future. This came after Taiwanese fish and seafood exports to the mainland dropped 60% over the second

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released summaries of several texts proposed by the U.S. during the negotiating round of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade that was held in Taipei from January 14-17, 2023.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released enforcement data for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), showing the number of detained shipments from China and the rest of the world. So far U.S. customs officials have detained a total of US$961 million worth of products from

At the October 26, 2022 meeting of the WTO Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, a number of issues were raised by China in relation to other Members’ anti-dumping laws and practices, and by other Members in relation to Chinese practices.

A recent Wall Street Journal article on China's use of courts in the area of intellectual property protection prompted a critical response from a leading U.S. expert on Chinese intellectual property law.