On April 19, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued the final ruling on the anti-dumping investigation on polycarbonate imports from Taiwan, lowering the anti-dumping rates for four responding companies.

Last week, UK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden gave a speech at Chatham House on economic security in which he indicated that the UK would be ratcheting up its efforts on national security reviews of inbound investment, outbound investment, and export controls.

Last Friday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced its preliminary ruling on the anti-dumping investigation of U.S. chemicals, imposing a 43.5% anti-dumping duty.

At a Council on Foreign Relations event last week, EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis discussed a number of China trade issues, including the general EU approach to China trade relations, whether the EU is rethinking MFN, and future prospects for unilateral trade action against China.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * Xi-Scholz meeting * China-El Salvador trade talks  * New investment rules on value-added telecom business * Phasing out U.S. chips in telecom system * Comments on U.S. Section 301 investigation on shipbuilding and tariffs on Chinese metals  * Comments on U.S. industrial

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) voiced "firm opposition" against a new Section 301 investigation on Chinese shipbuilding and other sectors, and also against President Biden's calls for raising tariffs on Chinese metal imports, labelling them a violation of international trade rules and vowing to take

Yesterday, President Biden called for increasing tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, as well as addressing problems related to transshipment of Chinese steel and aluminum through Mexico.