Last month, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) published sanitary requirements for various food imports from countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central America, as China tries to boost agricultural imports.

Earlier this month, China's Ministry of Commerce started an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on U.S. and Japanese hydriodic acid.

At the Economic and Trade Ministers' Meetings of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and China held last week, hopes were renewed for the conclusion of a trade agreement.

This week, China's Ministry of Commerce decided to extend the anti-dumping duties on POM copolymer from South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro just finished a state visit in China this week. In addition to establishing a strategic partnership through a joint statement, the two sides also signed 12 cooperation deals, including several to bolster bilateral trade and investment.

China's digitally delivered services trade grew 10.4% this year, and the cross-border e-commerce grew 14.4%.

The dispute between the European Union and China on China's trade measures targeting Lithuania is moving forward. CTM discussed a few key legal issues in the case with several trade law experts.