CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

In China:

  • China’s agenda and priorities at WTO MC13
  • Bilateral meeting with UAE and New Zealand on investment and trade
  • Chinese Premier expressed welcome to U.S. business
  • MOFCOM criticism of U.S. trade restrictions on Chinese autos

In the U.S.:

  • New executive order on data security that targets China
  • New investigation of Chinese "connected vehicles"
  • Legislation introduced to raise Chinese auto tariffs
  • Industry report on Chinese auto imports via Mexico
  • USTR report on China’s WTO compliance
  • Labor rights issues involving Volkswagen and its supply chain in China

In Canada:

  • Mining deal with Chinese company under scrutiny 
  • Special Committee report on Canadian pension funds’ investment in Chinese firms

In other parts of the world:

  • U.S. third-party submission in a WTO case involving Chinese subsidies to a third country
  • Australia and China dispute on wine