As part of its transparency obligations at the WTO, China recently submitted its "New and Full Notification Pursuant to Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures" (SCM Agreement).

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Data on exports of gallium and germanium * China-Korea meeting on supply chains and export controls * Data on China’s outbound investment and inbound investment  In the U.S.: * New bill on export controls * Updated UFLPA strategy and sanctions list * CIT

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as chair of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), released an updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) strategy.

In a decision issued in May, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled in a case involving alleged circumvention of anti-dumping and countervailing duties, with a focus on determining the origin of the goods in question.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: On trade:  * MOFCOM officials comment on trade flows * New U.S. bill on tariffs * U.S. soybean association petitions for a China trade deal * USTR seeking comments on China’s WTO compliance On technology:  * Taiwan’s first trade secret investigation under national

The Trump administration announced today that it would be conducting a national security investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 related to imports of wind turbines and their parts and components.

As part of a statutorily-mandated annual process, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments and holding a hearing in relation to China's compliance with its WTO obligations.