Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce provided an update on its countervailing investigation on EU dairy products, identifying the European companies that would be part of the sample.

In an interview yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai addressed questions related to China building factories in Mexico for exporting to the United States, as well as the possibility of Brazil joining the BRI.

Litigation over a U.S. import prohibition on solar products is continuing in U.S. court, as Chinese company Hoshine Silicon (Jia Xing) Industry Co., Ltd. has responded to a U.S. government argument that it does not have standing in its lawsuit.

At a Brookings Institution event today, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan offered remarks about the Biden administration's international economic agenda. In that context, he made several comments on U.S. economic relations with China.

Earlier this month, China published the implementation rules for export controls of dual-use items. The new rules contain elements drawing on U.S. practice, including unverified entities, de minimis rules, and foreign direct product rules, providing additional details and clarity regarding China's export control legal system.

During a legal challenge to its decision to list Chinese lidar maker Hesai as a "Chinese military company," the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has delisted the company and then relisted it, with the impact on the litigation uncertain.

A Chinese industry association recently accused the products and systems of American multinational firm Intel of posing security risks, and called for a cybersecurity review.