In a recent anti-dumping and countervailing duties investigation on optical fibre cables from China, the UK's Trade Remedy Authority (TRA) recommended imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties, and in its reasoning in the anti-dumping case it took into account Chinese government influence over the industry and labor policies.

On Saturday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that he would travel to China from November 4 to 7, as Australia and China have each taken steps to resolve some ongoing disputes over trade remedies.

After an announcement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen several weeks ago that the Commission would launch an anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the Commission has now formally initiated the investigation and issued key documents in the case.

At a recent think tank event, EU and U.S. trade officials responded to questions about the recently announced European Commission anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese electric vehicles.

China's Ministry of Commerce expressed "high concern and strong dissatisfaction" with the European Commission's announcement about an anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

In her annual State of the European Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced today that the Commission would launch an anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese electric vehicles.

As CTM reported in early May, at the May 2 meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, a number of issues were raised by other WTO Members about China's subsidy policies; and China brought up concerns with certain U.S. measures, including the