In a white paper released today, Beijing outlined its vision for globalization, criticizing "protectionism, the erection of fences and barriers, unilateral sanctions, and maximum-pressure tactics," as well as "de-sinicization in the name of derisking."

At the 10th EU-China High-Level Trade and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, which was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, the two sides discussed trade, supply chains, and financial services, and agreed to create working groups for some contentious trade issues.

During a press conference last week, China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong offered comments on the upcoming China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, China's outbound investment, trade disputes with Australia, and the implementation of export controls on gallium and germanium.

Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce announced the extension of the countervailing measures on EU potato starch, maintaining countervailing duties of up to 12.4%. The reasoning of the decision is summarized below.

In recent weeks, China's customs agency released sanitary requirements for fruit imports from Benin, Venezuela, Cambodia, and Zambia, as follow-ups to recent high-level meetings with the leaders of those countries.

The Mexican government announced last month that it will raise tariff rates for a number of products. This tariff increase is applicable to all nations that do not have a trade agreement with Mexico, and China falls into this category. As a result, this move will have an impact on

Over the first half of September, China's customs agency made several announcements that will impact trade in beef and dairy products.