At a think tank event today, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer pushed back on the idea that the Trump administration should align with other countries in a "common approach" to dealing with China on trade issues.

This week, the Mexican Congress is debating a proposal made by the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum to raise tariffs on goods from trading partners with which Mexico does not have a free trade agreement (FTA), with China being the country most affected.

In a decision issued in July, a U.S. court rejected a claim by several persons from Taiwan asking the U.S. government "to address their alleged statelessness."

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,

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.

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.

After previously suspending the dispute, the EU has now formally terminated its WTO complaint against China relating to restrictions on trade with Lithuania.