Simon Lester
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues.
China has lodged "serious concerns" against the new trade agreement between the United States and Malaysia during a recent meeting with Malaysian officials.
An updated version of the China-Russia investment treaty entered into force. The treaty, replacing the 2006 version,
Section 301 Investigation on Phase One Compliance Yields Wide Range of Stakeholder Comments
As part of a Section 301 investigation of China's compliance with the Phase One trade deal, stakeholders have made submissions detailing the ways they see China as being in violation of the deal.
Commission Notice Provides More Details on Lisbon Metro FSR Investigation
In a recently published official notice, the European Commission has set out more details of its investigation into a public procurement procedure in Lisbon that involves allegations of Chinese subsidies to one of the subcontractor companies in the bid.
EU Terminates WTO Dispute on China's Restrictions on Trade with Lithuania
After previously suspending the dispute, the EU has now formally terminated its WTO complaint against China relating to restrictions on trade with Lithuania.
Chinese Company Files Amended Complaint in Challenge to Inclusion on UFLPA List
In the latest filing in a lawsuit against its inclusion on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, Ninestar Corporation and eight of its Zhuhai-based subsidiaries have offered new details on the claims set out in their complaint.
EU-U.S. Trade Exchange Touches on China Trade Relations
At the EU trade ministers' meeting yesterday in Denmark, U.S. trade negotiators visited and tried to push their trade talks along. As part of this meeting, several issues related to trade with China came up.
CPTPP Meeting Shows Little Progress on China/Taiwan Applications
Following the Ninth Commission Meeting of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which was held in Australia, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell was asked repeatedly about the chances for China and Taiwan to join the pact, and his deflection of the questions suggests that these applications are