China's Embassy in Canada pushed back against recent criticism of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), as well as a Canadian official's comments on "de-risk[ing]" and "authoritarian regimes."

At today's press conference, an official from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) vowed more China-Arab collaboration. This came after the conclusion of the Arab-China business conference, at which over 20 agreements and deals were signed.

The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security sanctioned 31 Chinese entities, as well as some entities in a number of third countries on the basis of their ties to the Chinese military, putting these companies under tighter export control rules.

As part of Honduran President Xiomara Castro's China trip this week, the two governments announced that they are ready for trade negotiations. China also gave a green light to some Honduran agricultural products so they can be sold in China.

"[E]very sentence in [the Joint Declaration] reads like a description of the US itself."

The decline exists with most of China's major trading partners, although there are a few exceptions.

Officials of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Monday that the government plans to improve the unified domestic market and make it more attractive to foreign capital.