U.S. Trade Representative said talks with Mexico in the week of July 20 will continue, focusing on rules of origin and economic-security issues.

On July 2, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources published a legal comment saying Japan and the Philippines have announced they will open bilateral delimitation talks over exclusive economic zone and continental shelf areas east of Taiwan. The ministry said the proposed delimitation would largely overlap maritime areas China can claim under international law, was advanced without consulting China, ignored the area’s specific geography, and violated principles of sovereign equality, good faith and obligations of cooperation and restraint, constituting an internationally wrongful act. The ministry called on Japan and the Philippines to stop the talks and consult with China to fulfill international obligations and assume state responsibility, and said China has the right to hold them accountable.

Consolidated Edison says equipment issues in two regions do not affect other parts of the company.