China's Customs announced that it will start allowing imports of fresh pineapples from Indonesia.

In a recent law journal article, law professor Timothy Webster describes the Chinese sanctions regime, the Western sanctions mechanisms that inspired it, and also its deviation from Western goals.

Republicans in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have proposed legislation that would restrict investment from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia in U.S. agricultural land and businesses.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Trade discussions with Nepal, and easing of import barriers on agriculture products from Africa; * Rulings on patent disputes; * Publication of algorithm information submitted by major companies; * Delisting of Chinese SOEs on a U.S. stock exchange. In the U.S.

Yesterday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a "negotiating mandate" for the "U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade." The press release from the Office of Trade Negotiation under Taiwan's Executive Yuan noted that both Taiwan and the United States

China's cybersecurity agency recently published a list of algorithms from a number of prominent internet companies. This is part of the implementation of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) measures governing algorithms of internet service providers.

China's National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) recently ruled on two patent infringement disputes, the first of its kind under the agency's new authority to review major patent disputes.