Last week, a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on China's Role in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this piece we highlight the parts of the discussion most closely connected to economic issues in the region.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) recently decided to impose a fine on a French financing company because it failed to comply with Chinese antitrust law when acquiring a Chinese firm.

As we reported here, earlier this year the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology held several hearings on the issue of critical minerals, partly in response to the sale of the Canadian mining company Neo Lithium to the Chinese company Zijin Mining Group. Last week, the

Last week, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook expressing concern over reports the company is considering purchasing NAND chips from Chinese chip manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC).

China's Customs agency recently issued a notice to halt imports of cloven hoofed animals and related products from South Africa due to concerns over foot and mouth disease.

As we previously reported here, here, and here, the United States has expressed concerns about China's actions related to COVID-19 that affect trade in food and agricultural products. At the WTO SPS Committee meeting held on March 23-25, 2022, the United States raised the issue again,

The recently released annual report of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) provides details on the China and Transformational Exports Program, which was designed to help U.S. companies compete for projects against Chinese competitors who receive financing from the Chinese government. According to the report, the program facilitated