Last week, the European Commission published a report on trade defence instruments – anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and safeguards – during 2025, including both Commission investigations against imports from other countries and the trade remedy actions of other governments against EU exports.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China’s exports of rare earth products fell in July following a brief surge earlier this year, according to Chinese customs data, as ongoing export curbs and a pullback in overseas shipments weighed on overall volumes. China's Ministry of Commerce

Trade remedy actions that impose tariffs on solar products with a connection to China are continuing, as the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced final duties on imports from three Asian countries last week, with some of those products allegedly benefitting from Chinese subsidies.

China submitted a communication to the WTO entitled "Further Reflections and Suggestions on WTO Reform," in which, among other things, it appeared to push back a bit against WTO reform proposals made by the U.S. and the EU.

A report by a Canadian researcher shows a significant uptick in Canadian goods exports to China at the start of 2026, along with a narrowing of the trade balance.

Last month, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency body that reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the effect on national security, released its annual report to Congress for 2025.

China recently submitted a notification to the WTO of its state trading enterprises, covering the years 2024-2025.