This past week, CTM covered the following issues. Apple has cleared a critical regulatory hurdle in China after the country's internet regulator approved its mobile-device generative artificial intelligence service, Apple Intelligence, for deployment on domestic devices. China has been working to fortify its economic footprint and shield

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. On July 10, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued a joint announcement imposing an immediate, temporary export ban on helium to protect the domestic industry from severe global supply disruptions. Last month, a Chinese

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China's market regulators have unveiled a draft overhaul of the E-Commerce Law, creating new legal mechanisms to retaliate against foreign governments and penalize overseas companies that harm Chinese commercial interests. Trade data shows that China's exports of

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. Beijing issued a new set of rules governing how companies assess data security risks and introducing a full-chain state oversight especially for operators that process important data. Following a burst of high-level diplomacy, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China launched a two-front regulatory offensive against the U.S. defense sector, placing 10 American entities on an export control blacklist while barring 46 U.S. firms from participating in domestic government procurement. The move represents countermeasures in response to the

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) downplayed fears of a "full-blown" trade war with the EU, stating that trade communications remain "smooth" and that Brussels has explicitly indicated that a trade war is not its goal.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China’s new Provisions on the Protection of Trade Secrets, effective this month, mark a major overhaul of the administrative trade secret regime, by expanding protections to include algorithms, source code, and "failed" experimental data, and asserting new extraterritorial powers.