CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues.

In China:

  • Three sanctions announcements
  • MOFCOM anti-dumping investigation on POM copolymers
  • Calls for auto tariffs and other countermeasures against U.S. and EU trade measures
  • MOFCOM comments on sanctions, anti-dumping investigations, and potential tariffs

In the U.S.:

  • Trade remedy investigations against solar cells from four Asian countries, targeting Chinese companies
  • Secretary Yellen’s call for "united way" with EU on Chinese industrial policy
  • Hearings on China trade policy issues
  • Investigation findings on automakers’ link to Chinese forced labor
  • Calls for more tariffs on Chinese autos and drones

Other areas of the world:

  • Canadian Industry Minister comments on potential tariffs on Chinese EVs
  • Former Mexico trade official comments on Chinese investment
  • EU litigation on cross-border subsidies in anti-subsidy investigations