CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

In China:

  • Foreign Minister remarks at Munich Security Conference
  • Beef ban lifted for Spain
  • Comments on new opportunities and risks in the auto industry
  • China-Honduras early harvest agreement

In the U.S.:

  • Executive order on security concerns over ports and Chinese crane operators
  • Warning on China’s industrial overcapacity
  • Court’s preliminary injunction on Florida real estate law restricting purchases by Chinese citizens
  • Lawsuit against a forced labor WRO imposed on a Chinese solar company
  • Trade experts discuss China trade issues at WITA conference

In other parts of the world:

  • First investigation under EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, on a Chinese train manufacturer procurement contract
  • Thailand mulls removing VAT waiver for Chinese goods