French President Emmanuel Macron just finished a high-profile state visit in China. Trade and economic cooperation was one of the topics that Macron discussed with Chinese leaders, and a number of agreements on food, aircraft, container ships, and energy were reached and signed last week.

In response to the high level official meeting between politicians from the United States and Taiwan last week, China sanctioned two U.S. institutions and four individuals for their engagement in "Taiwan independence" under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law.

Last month, China's Ministry of Commerce announced that it would start an expiry review of anti-dumping duties imposed on photographic paper and paper board from the European Union, Japan and the United States.

The Shanghai government recently published new measures to promote trade and foreign investment, in part to "proactively respond to various challenges brought by the complex external environment."

Last week, the Beijing High People's Court issued a final ruling on a civil case brought against Tesla for a fraudulent sale. The Court sustained the rulings of the lower courts, which ordered Tesla to refund 379,700 yuan to the consumer, and pay 1.14 million yuan

With several trade meetings having now taken place, and additional high level ones on the horizon, China and Australia continue to make progress on improving their trade relations, even in the face of political hurdles such as an Australian security agreement with the U.S. and the UK, and new

Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang met with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi last Sunday, with export controls on semiconductors one issue that was discussed. The meeting came a couple days after Japan announced plans to expand its export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which had already witnessed a