At an EU Parliament hearing yesterday, Commissioner-designate Maroš Šefčovič spoke and took questions from MEPs. China came up several times during the hearing, with overcapacity and geopolitics both discussed, and Šefčovič emphasized that EU trade policy towards China would be "assertive."

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed that it had filed an additional lawsuit against the EU's anti-subsidy measures on electric vehicles at the WTO, following up on its earlier complaint on the preliminary measures.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of several textile companies based in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. These companies had been part of an earlier court challenge to their inclusion on the Commerce Department Entity List.

At a recent meeting of the Canadian House of Commons Committee on International Trade, two key ministers from the Trudeau government testified about issues related to the Canadian surtaxes on Chinese EVs and other products.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: China: * Protectionist sentiment in the Global South partners * Anti-dumping measures on chemicals from Japan and U.S. * Trademark and competition case involving Schneider U.S.: * USTR comments on China’s overcapacity, use of trade remedies * Final rule on outbound investment restrictions and

The Biden administration's recent move to restrict outbound investments to China has prompted swift condemnation from Beijing, which characterizes the measures as discriminatory and detrimental to global economic cooperation. As both countries grapple with the implications of these restrictions, concerns are mounting over potential retaliation and the broader

The issue of overcapacity continues to be a top one for the Biden administration, although despite frequently raising it with their Chinese counterparts, no progress has been made.