Last week, China filed a revised version of its WTO consultations request in the dispute over U.S. semiconductor restrictions, switching from "multilateral" consultations that other governments can join to "bilateral" consultations that they cannot.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is pressing Chinese fast fashion company SHEIN for information on Xinjiang cotton made with forced labor in their supply chains.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Data on Xinjiang exports to the United States * MOFCOM comments on trade issues with the U.S., Australia, Russia and other countries * Guidelines on enhancing the effectiveness and quality of state investments * Efforts to encourage foreign investment in China * Trade

At today's press conference, the spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) provided some comments on several recent development related to foreign export controls, as well as trade relations with the United States, Australia, and Russia.

China's agency that manages and supervises state-owned assets recently provided some guidelines on enhancing the effectiveness and quality of state investments.

In our sixth post on documents related to U.S.-China negotiations on China's accession to the GATT/WTO, we describe a draft memo to U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills regarding the postponement of the eighth meeting of the GATT Working Party on China's accession.

As part of a broader thaw in China-Australia trade relations, Australian exports of coal to China are resuming, according to media reports.