CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues:

In China:

  • Li Qiang outline of action plan for government
  • IPCC and China in global climate governance
  • Dispute with Laos over a BRI-related project
  • Warning of retaliation against U.S. copper tariffs
  • GACC SPS measures in February 2025

In the U.S.:

  • Trump's new tariffs on China and China’s retaliation
  • USTR 2025 trade policy agenda
  • Section 232 investigation on timber, lumber and derivative products

In Latin America:

  • Panama reviews port contract with Hong Kong company Hutchison Port Holdings, which later sells most of its port business

At the WTO:

  • EU auto regulations and Chinese cyber laws discussed at WTO's Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade