This past week, CTM covered the following issues.
In China:
- Tariff exclusions on U.S. products and food import approvals from ASEAN countries
- High-level meetings with Mongolia on trade cooperation
- MOFCOM comments on U.S. trade restrictions
- Draft revision of competition rules
- November data on manufacturing and services raising concerns about economy
In the United States:
- Congressional letter to TikTok, hearing on digital trade policy that touched on TikTok, and legislative proposals to limit purchases of Chinese-made semiconductors
- Commerce Secretary speech on U.S. competitiveness and the China challenge; Commerce official's speech on export controls
- New FCC rules excluding Chinese telecom products
- Treasury Department report on currency manipulation
- Think tank report proposing expansion of Section 337 to target Chinese trade practices
In the rest of the world:
- UK restrictions on Chinese-made surveillance equipment
- UK Parliament discussion of blocked Chinese purchase of Wales-based semiconductor company
- Canadian announcement of its Indo-Pacific strategy