China's Ministry of Commerce announced today that it would start an investigation of U.S. firm PVH Corp under the rules of the Unreliable Entities List.

At a hearing today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) heard from several industry groups in relation to a request for comments on China's compliance with its WTO obligations.

Following up on an initial move earlier this year, the Biden administration has issued a proposed rule that would limit the ability to sell vehicles produced by Chinese companies, or vehicles produced by non-Chinese companies in China, in the U.S. market, based on concerns about national security.

As China-EU trade tensions intensify, with a number of trade remedy cases and WTO challenges to those cases taking place in both directions, the latest development is an EU challenge to China's anti-subsidy investigation on EU dairy products.

A WTO panel has been established to hear China's complaint against certain tax credits under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs).

Last week, China and Japan reached a deal to resolve their dispute over the discharge of Fukishima nuclear water, paving the road for China to eventually lift import bans on Japanese seafood.

At a parliamentary hearing last week, several Canadian MPs and a key witness emphasized the security threat that might arise from Chinese EVs operating in Canada.