CTM Weekly Newsletter

Simon Lester -

This past week, CTM covered the following issues:

The tit-for-tat tariff war between the U.S. and China:

  • U.S tariffs and China’s retaliatory tariffs
  • China’s other responses to the U.S. tariffs
  • State Council White Paper on bilateral economic and trade relations
  • China’s WTO challenge on U.S. reciprocal tariffs
  • WTO discussion of these issues

Other topics:

  • China’s industrial competitiveness investigation
  • U.S. Trade Rep. Greer statement on Phase One agreement
  • U.S. trade policy reports on Phase One, Section 301 investigations, PNTR and intellectual property
  • Lawsuit in U.S. court against fentanyl-related China tariffs
  • New development in EU’s China - Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (DS611) dispute