During U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's China trip last week, he and his Chinese counterpart exchanged views on overcapacity, a hot-topic issue in bilateral trade relations, as well as on "unfair" U.S. measures against China and China's "unfair trade practices.

The EU has published its official notice of initiation of an investigation concerning Chinese "measures and practices" in the public procurement market for medical devices.

At a press conference last week, the spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce rejected the concerns about overcapacity in the new energy sector. Instead, he stated, there is a "storage of capacity" to meet the growing demand.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * MOFCOM’s trade remedy measures on Taiwanese plastics and U.S. chemicals * The 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries * Updated export control rules on precursor chemicals In North America: * Event

Earlier this week, a group of U.S. solar manufacturers filed AD/CVD petitions against products made by mostly Chinese-owned solar companies operating in four Southeast Asian countries. The Commerce Department's new rules that allow it to examine "transnational" subsidies – i.e., subsidies provided by a

On August 23, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), along with four other agencies, updated the controlled list of precursor chemicals for designated countries/regions.

This week, Macau hosted the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries. The participating countries agreed to further cooperation in digital economy and clean energy. Beijing also announced some trade facilitation measures and expressed willingness to reach trade and investment agreements