On December 27, the Chinese government launched a safeguard investigation on beef imports. Safeguards investigations take into account imports from around the world, rather than singling out imports from specific countries, but given current trade flows for beef, the investigation may have a particular impact on Chinese trade with Brazil

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), in which it sought public comment on "the potential development of a rule to secure and safeguard the information and communication technology and services (ICTS) supply chain

Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, has filed an amended complaint and a motion for summary judgment in a case against the U.S. Department of Defense to get itself taken off a blacklist of Chinese military companies.

The legal challenge to a U.S. law forcing TikTok and its parent company Bytedance to sell the app or face a ban will be heard by the Supreme Court next week, with the fate of the app in the U.S. market on the line.

In late December, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office started an investigation into Chinese policies and practices that it said were designed to "dominate domestic and global markets in the semiconductor industry," focusing on foundational semiconductors and silicon carbide substrates (or other wafers used as inputs

Chinese laws and regulations related to national standards for office devices and government procurement were discussed at the WTO's Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures meeting in October, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: In China: * Foreign investment data * Pilot project on foreign-owned hospitals In North America: * Petition for trade remedy investigations on Chinese active anode material * U.S. Congress hearing on Chinese IP practices * Canadian sanctions on Chinese officials At the WTO: * Review of two