An Australian Parliamentary Committee has completed a detailed inquiry into expanding the CPTPP, and has made recommendations related to the applications of both China and Taiwan.

So far, the China - EU/Lithuania political and trade dispute has been based largely on allegations that are difficult to verify. However, there are now official Chinese government documents that indicate a suspension of some imports from Lithuania, although there is still little in the way of explanation for the

Taiwanese officials recently announced that they would loosen an import ban on food from five Japanese prefectures, which was put in place eleven years ago due to concerns over radiation in food produced near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. During the same event, officials also updated the progress

Recent comments by Biden administration officials suggest that they may be ready to move on from the Phase One deal negotiated by the Trump administration. If they do move on, what are some possible aspects of a new approach?

Last week, Politico reported that the UK government was taking tentative steps to restore a forum to talk about trade and investment with China, but there was immediate pushback from some of the China hawks within the Conservative Party.

This past week CTM covered a Chinese Supreme Court ruling on patent/antitrust issues, China joining two IP treaties, developments in several Chinese economic partnerships, and China perhaps being excluded from a TRIPS Waiver; several pieces of U.S. legislation, executive branch actions, and local government decisions; a UK decision

Two British government agencies recently announced that they had approved a nuclear reactor designed by a Chinese firm. However, the company's involvement in this and other nuclear projects in the UK remains unclear, as other British government officials and members of the UK parliament have both been pushing