In its second biennial Report on the Operation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with Respect to Trade in Automotive Goods, released earlier this week, USTR commented on issues related to Chinese investment in the Mexico auto sector.

In response to Mexican government actions that it believes are undermining its lithium mining operations, Chinese company Ganfeng International Trading and two of its UK-based affiliates (Bacanora Lithium and Sonora Lithium) are pushing ahead with an ISDS complaint against Mexico.

Last week, the governments of China and Malaysia vowed to bolster cooperation in trade and investment, including in car manufacturing, and signed 14 deals during an official visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

In a brief filed in U.S. court last week, TikTok, along with its parent company Bytedance, offered a detailed look at its legal arguments in its challenge to a U.S. statute that would requirement divestment of TikTok or ban it from the U.S. market.

With a new Republican leader in place, members of the U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party have raised concerns with the use of Chinese drones and also proposed legislation to restrict Chinese Communist Party purchases of U.S. agricultural

China and Brazil held the seventh High-Level Coordination and Cooperation Committee (COSBAN) meeting on June 6. The meeting's outcomes reflect a shared commitment to a number of issues, from facilitating agricultural trade to fostering capacity cooperation and leveraging related funds.

In letters to the Department of Homeland Security, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on Competition between the U.S. and the CCP and several Republican colleagues called for Chinese battery manufacturers Gotion and CATL to be put on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity