Today, China's Ministry of Commerce initiated an anti-dumping investigation on Canadian canola seeds, as part of its retaliation against Canada's tariffs on a number of Chinese goods.

In a newly released podcast, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai offered a number of thoughts on U.S. trade policy as it relates to China, discussing what she saw as the failure to realize expectations from China's WTO accession as well as concepts such as overcapacity and

Last week, the Dutch and U.S. governments both announced the expansion of their export controls in the semiconductor and quantum computing sectors.

Litigation over Hesai Technology's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense to get itself taken off a blacklist of Chinese military companies is continuing, with two new briefs filed recently.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * China’s response to Canada’s announced tariffs on EVs, steel and aluminum * China calls for removal of U.S. Section 301 tariffs * China and a number of African countries signed deals on trade, investment and technology * GACC SPS updates

At the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) press conference today, a spokesperson for the agency called on the United States to remove "unpopular" Section 301 tariffs.

With the U.S., the EU, and Canada all taking action recently to impose tariffs on Chinese EV imports, there has been some recent discussion in the UK about whether it should follow the lead of the others.