China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) rejected accusations by U.S. intelligence and security agencies that Chinese AI companies distill U.S. frontier models at an industrial scale, calling the claims groundless and threatening countermeasures if Washington uses the issue to suppress Chinese companies.

This post was written with China Trade Monitor intern Neil Jiang Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at countering China's global economic influence and the development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in third countries. In June, Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) and Rep. Zach Nunn (R-

On September 7, China's Ministry of Commerce announced that it will impose preliminary antidumping measures on Japanese imports of a key chemical used in semiconductor manufacturing, after finding evidence of dumping that harmed domestic industry.

Chinese regulators have issued new competition and compliance guidelines for domestic automakers operating abroad, urging companies to avoid price wars, respect local markets, and ensure data privacy as Beijing seeks to protect the reputation and supply chains of its booming electric vehicle export market.

At today's press conference, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce launched a defense of its foreign trade position, pushing back against U.S. claims of economic imbalance, threatening retaliation against France over a new anti-fast-fashion law, and warning the European Union against using

As part of China's ongoing foreign trade national security investigation targeting imported printing and copying office equipment pre-installed with foreign-developed software, Beijing has now entered the evidence-gathering phase and issued an interested-party questionnaire.

China’s judicial system has stepped into a high-stakes legal battle over global semiconductor supply chains, freezing up to $300 million in domestic assets belonging to Dutch chipmaker Nexperia.