Over the past week, officials of China's Ministry of Commerce met with Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation and representatives of over 20 multinational companies. At today's press conference, MOFCOM disclosed more details about these meetings.

As has been anticipated for a few months, China is removing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Australian wine. In response, Australia is discontinuing a WTO complaint it had brought against these duties.

During a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte today, Xi highlighted areas for future collaboration and warned against decoupling and artificial tech barriers.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced today that China has resorted to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism to challenge U.S. electric vehicle subsidies, in order to "protect the interest of Chinese new energy vehicle companies and the fair competition environment for the global new energy vehicle industry.

Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued two negative lists for services trade, both of which will become effective on April 21.

Last Friday, China's cyber office finalized a new set of rules that would facilitate cross-border data flows and loosen the regulatory requirements for some personal data transactions, especially for smaller companies.

At today's press conference, He Yadong, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, made comments on U.S. policy on technology and chips, the progress of China's negotiations to join the CPTPP, and other trade issues.