Last week, Chinese officials said that China will lower tariffs on most Afghan imports to zero, as part of an effort to increase imports from the nation. They also mentioned plans to expand the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to the country as well.

China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) has issued proposed revisions to its Government Procurement Law (GPL) that extend the provisions to some state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and could pave the way for joining international agreements.

China's new Anti-Monopoly Law is coming into force tomorrow. The new law adds some provisions on reining in internet giants and on business consolidations. It also imposes harsher punishment for any violations of the law.

A Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal recently upheld a lower court's ruling in support of a government decision to ban Huawei equipment in its 5G market, citing national security concerns.

Chinese leaders met with the Indonesian President recently and vowed to further deepen cooperation in trade and investment, energy, mining, agriculture, and the Belt and Road Initiative. Pineapples and palm oil are among the commodities for which trade could be boosted by this visit.

China's Customs agency announced that it would suspend beef imports from a U.S. company due to the detection of an illegal substance, an outstanding issue that the United States and China were supposed to work on under the Phase One Agreement.

Last week, China and the European Union held the 9th China-EU High-Level Economic & Trade Dialogue. The two sides seemed to make some progress in trade and finance, without resolving more thorny issues such as trade measures on Lithuania or reviving their bilateral investment deal, for which passage in the