A report from Politico today indicated that some actors within the EU were pushing for an anti-dumping/countervailing case against imports of Chinese electric vehicles.

Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act, which they characterize as "bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. trade remedy laws and ensure they remain effective tools to fight back against unfair trade practices and

In two recent trade remedy decisions, the U.S. Commerce Department made preliminary determinations on anti-dumping/countervailing duties on file folders and pressure washers from China.

The U.S. Commerce Department has issued final determinations in AD/CVD cases on Chinese freight rail couplers. The final injury determinations are due in the next few weeks.

On an issue that puts climate change and concerns about trade with China in conflict, the U.S. Congress has tried to overturn a Biden administration move to pause tariffs on solar panel imports from Chinese companies operating in several Southeast Asian countries, but President Biden vetoed the Congressional action.

Last week, the European Commission announced that it had adopted two Regulations "which together renew, adjust and extend the scope of the existing measures on imports of high tenacity yarn of polyester (HTYP) from China."

At a meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on Tuesday, a number of issues were raised by other Members about China's trade policies and practices, in particular relating to transparency; and China brought up concerns with certain U.S. measures, including the