Last week, the European Commission announced that it had "preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the so-called ‘rabbit hole effect' of its recommender system."

Last week, China provided details on how it would be implementing its commitments under the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. At the APEC ministerial meeting, Chinese officials called on Asia-Pacific economies to defend free trade, strengthen digital innovation, and counter rising risks of global economic fragmentation. China's new regulations on protecting integrated circuit (IC) layout designs marks the first

The European Commission has granted conditional approval to an acquisition by Chinese retailer JD.com, Inc. of German firm CECONOMY AG.

In a new communication related to WTO Reform discussions, China has offered recommendations on the following topics: Subsidies and the level playing field; financing and the level playing field; and industrial policy coordination.

A UK Parliament committee published a report today in which it called on the UK Government to address a number of issues related to economic relations with China, raising concerns about the impact of Chinese imports on UK industry, security issues with connected technologies, and imports made with forced labour.

A new unfair import complaint filed under Section 337 of the Trade Act of 1930 tries to expand that procedure to cover concerns about forced labor. If the complaint is successful, it could lead to a new avenue for trade complaints against a wide range of Chinese imports.