Xi's Brazil Visit Strengthens Bilateral Ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Brazil culminated in a Joint Statement and 37 collaboration agreements spanning various sectors, including agriculture, industry, energy, mining, and finance. The visit also led to an agreement on aligning China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Brazil's
Former Trump Administration Officials Discuss PNTR Withdrawal
Last week, two long-time Washington, DC trade lawyers who worked in the first Trump administration commented on the prospects for proposed legislation that would withdraw Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status for China.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces New Additions to Forced Labor List
Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), announced the addition of 29 companies based in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. This brings the total number of entities on the UFLPA Entity
CTM Weekly Newsletter
This past week, CTM covered the following issues:
* China-U.S. tariffs and trade relations
* MOFCOM export control list
* China-Peru FTA upgrade
* Hong Kong-Peru FTA
* U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report
* WTO Committee on Market Access discussion of tariffs on Chinese imports
U.S.-China Tariff War Looms, Again
As former President Trump gets closer to his return to the Oval Office, speculation has grown about his proposed 60% tariffs on Chinese imports. Simultaneously, momentum is building in Congress to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status. These parallel developments could potentially trigger a new round
Experts Discuss U.S.-China Trade after the U.S. Election
At an event yesterday on "US - China trade relations after the US elections," Cecilia Malmström and Mary Lovely of PIIE and Tao Wang of UBS Investment Bank talked about a number of issues related to the future of U.S. - China trade under the incoming Trump
WTO Market Access Committee Meeting Discusses Canadian, U.S. Tariffs on China
At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Market Access on November 19 and 20, WTO Members discussed the tariffs recently imposed by Canada on Chinese EVs and other goods, as well as new U.S. tariffs on EVs and a Section 301 investigation on shipbuilding and related