# East Asia Brief — Trade & Industrial Policy

Subsidies, tariffs, export controls and economic-security measures, and how they land on companies.

- [KFTC opens supply contract probe into tier-one robotics and battery parts](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/kftc-opens-supply-contract-probe-tier-one-robotics-battery-64) — South Korea's antitrust regulator targets unfair price cuts and compulsory technical data disclosures between manufacturing conglomerates and component… *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · Korea · LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, SK On, Doosan Robotics, Rainbow Robotics)*
- [China Tightens Connected Vehicle Data Rules With Mandatory Local Sensor Scrubbing](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/china-tightens-connected-vehicle-data-rules-mandatory-local-sensor-57) — The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires automakers to sanitize autonomous driving telemetry and high-definition mapping data inside… *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · China · Tesla, Volkswagen Group, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Baidu, Huawei Technologies)*
- [Japan METI allocates clean power grid grants to anchor Hokkaido semiconductor hub](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/japan-meti-allocates-clean-power-grid-grants-anchor-hokkaido-50) — The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will fund dedicated renewable transmission and substation assets to guarantee zero-carbon electricity for advanced… *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · Japan · Hokkaido Electric Power Co, Rapidus Corporation)*
- [Japan tenders economic security subsidies for synthetic graphite anode substitutes](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/japan-tenders-economic-security-subsidies-synthetic-graphite-anode-subst-41) — METI opens dedicated funding rounds for silicon-dominant and hard-carbon anode projects to insulate domestic battery lines from critical mineral supply… *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · Japan · Resonac Holdings, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Panasonic Energy, Kuraray, Zeon Corporation)*
- [China Antimonopoly Review Imposes Harsher Operational Remedies on Automation Mergers](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/china-antimonopoly-review-imposes-harsher-operational-remedies-automatio-34) — State regulators use conditional merger approvals to secure domestic supply guarantees and intellectual property access across precision control and robotics… *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · China · Schneider Electric, Siemens, ABB, Rockwell Automation, Fanuc, Yaskawa Electric, Inovance Technology, Estun Automation)*
- [China Tightens Dual-Use Graphite Export Licensing for Anode Supply Chains](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/china-tightens-dual-use-graphite-export-licensing-anode-supply-27) — Ministry of Commerce reviews stretch to 75 days as overseas battery makers face granular end-user documentation rules for synthetic carbon materials. *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · China · POSCO Future M, BTR New Material Group, Ningbo Shanshan, Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology, Panasonic Energy, LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, SK On)*

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