Last week, the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy published a notice of final order that, based on national security concerns, blocked a Chinese company from licensing vision sensing technology from a UK university.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Fine on Didi for data use and security violations * Cross-border penalty on a Malaysian subsidiary for financial fraud * Extension of anti-dumping duties on synthetic fibers * Allowing peanut imports from Brazil In the United States: * New 5G network agreements

Last month, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached an agreement on an EU regulation on foreign subsidies that distort the internal EU market. The regulation still needs to be formally adopted by the European Council and the Parliament before it takes effect, but the substance

After a year long investigation, the Chinese cyber regulator announced a fine of over 1 billion US dollars on ride-hailing company Didi for violating laws on cybersecurity, data security and personal information protection. This marks the end of China's first cybersecurity review.

China's Customs announced that it is now allowing imports of peanuts from Brazil, effective immediately.

At a recent Congressional hearing, a senior Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) official testified and answered questions on a number of issues related to China's compliance with U.S. sanctions and its access to U.S. technology.

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to adopt an amendment led by Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) as part of the annual defense bill, which would require that "China-based issuers of certain unregistered securities provide basic information about themselves to the U.S. Securities and