Yesterday, the United States and the European Union held a third round of meetings under the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), with discussions of a number of issues that have implications for China.

In a speech today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo set out the Biden administration's thinking on "U.S. Competitiveness and the China Challenge," emphasizing many of the same general themes and specific issues that others in the administration have put forward in recent months.

China's Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced that it will again extend tariff exclusions on some U.S. goods that were subject to retaliatory tariffs as a response to U.S. Section 301 tariffs.

At the APEC Ministerial Meeting last week, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met, but few details were released by either side on the scope of the discussions. In the meantime, bilateral trade has been shrinking due to various factors, including declining demand,

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, established by Congress in 2000, issued its annual report today, along with recommendations for Congress related to trade and other issues.

At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke about various aspects of U.S. trade policy, including U.S.-China trade relations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden met in Bali today for over three hours, the first in-person meeting between the two since Biden was elected. The two leaders talked about the economic relationship, human rights, Taiwan, and regional and global issues. No resolution of any issues