CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues:

  • Chinese IP rulings and judicial interpretations; the Chinese foreign minister's meetings with the foreign ministers of three African countries
  • A virtual meeting between Xi and Biden and a rundown on stated positions of the two governments on Russian sanctions
  • A resolution of a U.S.-UK trade dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs that involves a Chinese company's ownership of a UK steel company and potential Chinese government influence
  • Various U.S. legislative proposals and other Congressional and Executive branch actions related to financial markets, tariffs, and forced labor
  • Discussion in the European Parliament on the Indo-Pacific strategy, and a Chinese official's stance on these issues
  • Discussion at the WTO's TBT Committee of a number of issues related to Chinese measures and Chinese concerns about other governments' measures