China has recently updated its WTO consultations request with the U.S. over the export control regime for semiconductors, broadening the scope of the consultations to cover more recent measures that expand the regime.

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce published an interim final rule governing exports of chips used in artificial intelligence. The rule has already drawn criticism from Beijing and some domestic players.

Earlier this month, China’s Ministry of Commerce added another ten U.S. firms to China’s Unreliable Entity List, one of the lists related to economic sanctions.

In a new piece, former U.S. trade official Wendy Cutler has put forward a number of specific suggestions for how the incoming Trump administration might approach a new and updated trade negotiation with China.

Over the past two weeks, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Trade barrier investigation on EU FSR investigations * Safeguard investigation on beef * Export control entity list and other sanctions listing * GACC SPS measures in December 2024 In the United States: * BIS annual report to review export enforcement in 2024

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) concluded its trade barriers investigation on the European Union's practice of Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) investigations, reaching an affirmative finding that a trade barrier exists. A summary of the ruling is provided below. The next step in terms of a

In December, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued several new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures impacting imports from various countries, including Brazil, Chile, Peru, Singapore, and Spain.