Last week, the Trump administration initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 into whether imports of certain coal products threaten national security. For one of the two products at issues, there are a significant number of imports from China.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. Beijing issued a new set of rules governing how companies assess data security risks and introducing a full-chain state oversight especially for operators that process important data. Following a burst of high-level diplomacy, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)

Following a burst of high-level diplomacy, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) offered comments on the new bilateral trade consultation mechanisms with the EU and Germany, an export-boosting campaign in the UK, and advancing two-way agricultural trade targets with the U.S.

In a filing earlier this week, a Chinese tech company laid out its case for an injunction in relation to a Trump administration decision to designate it as a "Chinese Military Company," focusing on first amendment speech issues.

In a filing earlier this week, a Chinese biotech company laid out its case for asking a court to enjoin a Trump administration decision to designate it as a "Chinese Military Company."

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced Wednesday that it will impose a 73.5% provisional anti-dumping rate on pea starch imports from Canada.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced new export controls on Monday, blacklisting 40 Japanese defense, aerospace, and technology entities, escalating a diplomatic and economic confrontation over Tokyo's recent military and defense policy shifts.