CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues:

In China:

  • Beijing’s response to potential TikTok deal and U.S. tariffs
  • Sanction status of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • Updates on China’s trade-in subsidy programs to boost domestic consumption 
  • New policy to open financial services
  • Potential expansion of export controls
  • China-Maldives FTA

In the U.S.:

  • Countervailing duty investigation involving transnational subsidy programs related to China
  • Legislation introduced on China’s PNTR status
  • Update on Hesai lawsuit about inclusion on blacklist of Chinese military companies

In Europe:

  • The Netherlands expands export controls

At the WTO and WEF:

  • Panel requested for China's complaint against Türkiye's duties on EVs and other autos
  • Consultations requested by EU on China’s practice of setting worldwide royalty rates for standard essential patents
  • U.S. requests more transparency in WTO dispute on IRA subsidies
  • Trump and Šefčovič comment on China trade at World Economic Forum