On Saturday, President Trump issued an Executive Order instructing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to carry out a Section 232 investigation on whether timber, lumber, and their derivative products (such as paper products, furniture, and cabinetry) are a threat to national security.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * China’s policy package to stabilize foreign investment * Letter to USTR * Crack down on malicious trademark registration  In the U.S.: * Trump administration foreign investment policy memo * Section 232 investigation on copper * Section 301 investigation on Chinese shipbuilding * Congressional hearing

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a nomination hearing today for several Trump administration officials, including the nomination of Jeffrey Kessler for Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. If confirmed, Kessler will play a key role in a number of policy areas affecting trade

Yesterday, President Donald Trump directed the Secretary of Commerce to initiate a Section 232 investigation of copper imports, involving a review of whether these imports threaten to impair national security.

At a House Ways and Means trade subcommittee hearing today on "American Trade Enforcement Priorities," former Trump and Biden administration officials who testified both criticized China's non-market practices, but focused on different approaches to addressing them.

A China-Türkiye WTO dispute over EV and automobile tariffs is proceeding to the next stage, with a panel now established to hear the dispute.

Last Friday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office took the next step towards a remedy for its findings that China's "targeted dominance" of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors "is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, and is therefore 'actionable&