Simon Lester

Canadian Parliament Committee Hears Testimony on China Trade, Investment Issues

At a meeting of the Canadian Parliament's Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) in late February, a number of China-Canada trade and investment issues were discussed by Members of Parliament and several expert witnesses.

After Court Ruling, Canadian Government Says TikTok Can Keep Offices Open

The Canadian government announced today that in response to a court ruling, it was reversing a previous order that closed TikTok's offices in Canada, allowing them to stay open with certain "guardrails" in place. While Canada and China have resolved several trade irritants recently, it is

U.S. Government Reconsideration Keeps Labor-Related Import Ban in Place

In a U.S. court case related to an import ban on solar products by Hoshine Silicon (Jia Xing) Industry Co., Ltd., involving concerns about forced labor, the U.S. government requested and received a court remand to reconsider its original determination. In its reconsideration, it concluded that Hoshine "

CTM Weekly Newsletter

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. Following months of heightened trade friction, bilateral relations between Beijing and Ottawa have entered a period of de-escalation.  Implementing the resolutions reached during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mid-January visit to China, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) concluded its anti-dumping

New Trump Tariffs Lead To New Lawsuit

After the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's IEEPA tariffs, his administration immediately turned to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 for replacement tariffs (to be supplemented by additional tariffs under Section 301 of that same statute, as well as Section 232 of the Trade Expansion

New EU Legislative Initiative Promotes EU Industry, Targets China

The EU is moving forward with an industrial policy plan that uses discriminatory procurement policies to promote manufacturing in the EU, with Chinese producers and policies as the main target.

USTR Issues 2025 Report on Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy

Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued its 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (Notorious Markets List, or NML), which "highlights prominent and illustrative examples of online and physical markets that reportedly engage in, facilitate, turn a blind eye to, or benefit from
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