Three Chinese agencies in charge of market activities and the internet jointly issued a new set of rules to regulate pop-up windows, with an emphasis on the content and the protection of users' rights.

A new report by a Boston University center offers some analysis of the recent decision of the Chinese government to forgive some interest-free loans made in African countries.

A group of Republican members of Congress is asking U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Treasury for answers about how red dates from Xinjiang are being sold in the U.S. market despite concerns about labor rights abuses in Xinjiang.

The U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which took effect earlier in the summer, imposes legal obligations that some experts have described as "very difficult, sometimes near impossible" to satisfy. Serving as a near embargo on imports of goods sourced from Xinjiang, the law not only affects

A new European Commission report on its investment screening process shows a slight decrease in the number of European investments by Chinese entities.

A group of Republican members of Congress have raised concerns that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "is potentially using taxpayer dollars to purchase solar panels and components from China ... to rebuild the U.S. Virgin Islands’ (USVI) energy grid."

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * A Xi Jinping speech on developing key technologies; * New customs data shows slowing trade; * Authorization of citrus fruit imports from Iran; * A meeting between Chinese officials and their Mexican counterparts to talk about trade and investment. In the U.S.