In two recent decisions, the U.S. Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that pea protein imported from China is being dumping and subsidized.

About a month after the Department of Commerce determined that Chinese gas powered pressure washers are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and subsidized by the Government of China, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined last week that the U.S. gas powered

Last month, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the Commerce Department added thirteen Chinese companies to its "unverified list," but one of these companies, Plexus (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., was able to get itself removed from that list.

Last week, the Commerce Department announced the final determinations in anti-dumping/countervailing duty investigations of imports of tin mill products from China (and other countries), leaving the dumping rates unchanged from the preliminary determination but raising the subsidy rates.

Recent company lobbying and Congressional pressure on the Biden administration have put the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) industry, which makes sensors used in autonomous vehicle, in the middle of the U.S.-China tech/trade conflict.

In two recent conversations, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez offered some explanations of how they see the role of U.S. export controls in denying China access to U.S. technology.

The commerce ministers of China and the United States met last week on the sideline of APEC. While the two sides remain at odds about the national security aspects of trade and investment, they managed to agree on enhancing communication on trade secret protection, standards, as well as trade and