The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing today to consider the nomination of Joseph Barloon to be the Deputy United States Trade Representative in Geneva and the U.S. Ambassador to the WTO, with questions about the Trump administration's approach to China in the WTO as one issue

The Chinese government has slammed the EU-proposed measures to restrict the market access of Chinese medical device producers in the EU as "discriminatory" and "unilateral." This marks a new front in the EU-China trade conflict, affecting an industry with approximately $20 billion annual trade.

Based on an investigation by the European Commission, EU member states have approved punitive measures, in the form of restrictions on access by Chinese medical device makers to the EU procurement market, in response to Chinese limits on procurement opportunities for EU medical device producers.

In the latest escalation of the war of words, Beijing is pushing back forcefully against U.S. accusations that it has failed to honor commitments made during the Geneva trade talks, instead leveling its own charges that Washington has violated the recent truce by imposing new export controls and other

China's auto association is sounding the alarm over a "cutthroat" price war that is eroding profitability and jeopardizing the industry's long-term health, after a new round of price reductions. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has publicly called for an end to unfair

U.S. and Chinese trade officials have gone back and forth with criticisms in recent days, taking each other to task for actions after the Geneva agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions and negotiate a broader trade deal.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * MOFCOM meeting on export controls and semiconductor supply chains * Update on China-Africa trade and investment data  * BYD new investment in Europe  * China-ASEAN-GCC Summit In the U.S.: * Two court decisions on Trump administration’s IEEPA tariffs * Court decisions in AD/