In its 2026 government work report, China vowed to open wider to the outside world while doubling down on manufacturing and homegrown innovation. Premier Li Qiang's report to the National People's Congress last week promised to promote "balanced development of trade," streamline investment especially

In a U.S. court case related to an import ban on solar products by Hoshine Silicon (Jia Xing) Industry Co., Ltd., involving concerns about forced labor, the U.S. government requested and received a court remand to reconsider its original determination. In its reconsideration, it concluded that Hoshine "

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. Following months of heightened trade friction, bilateral relations between Beijing and Ottawa have entered a period of de-escalation.  Implementing the resolutions reached during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mid-January visit to China, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) concluded its anti-dumping

At a news conference Wednesday ahead of the annual parliamentary session, China’s top legislature pledged new efforts on long-term institutional planning and social welfare while doubling down on technological independence, opening-up, and international cooperation.

After the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's IEEPA tariffs, his administration immediately turned to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 for replacement tariffs (to be supplemented by additional tariffs under Section 301 of that same statute, as well as Section 232 of the Trade Expansion

The EU is moving forward with an industrial policy plan that uses discriminatory procurement policies to promote manufacturing in the EU, with Chinese producers and policies as the main target.

Eight central Chinese agencies recently released the 2026 Guideline on Automotive Data Export Security, which solidifies a sector-specific security regime and provides much-needed clarity on the "when" and "how" of cross-border data movements.