Today, China's Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council updated its tariff schedules, granting zero tariffs to imports from 20 African countries, effective next month.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has officially blocked Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus. The decision marks the first time Beijing has applied its 2020 foreign investment security review mechanism to explicitly prohibit an AI-sector acquisition, signaling increasing regulatory oversight over cross-border deals.

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week on "Stealth Stealing: China’s Ongoing Theft of U.S. Innovation" heard testimony from witnesses with different views on the issue of allegations regarding Chinese theft of American intellectual property.

Last week, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) placed seven European Union entities on its export control entity list for alleged arms sales to Taiwan. The move followed the European Commission sanctioning a new wave of Chinese firms for allegedly violating EU sanctions against Russia.

Last month, an Advocate General advisory opinion in a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that the Estonian government could compel a European company to remove Huawei products from its network, on the basis of national security concerns.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) submitted a formal response to the European Commission's proposal to revise the Cybersecurity Act. Beijing argues that the EU’s pivot toward "non-technical risks'" is a veil for protectionism that

The Canadian government has initiated a safeguards investigation on imports of certain wood products, and Chinese imports are likely to be significantly impacted by any remedy imposed.