China's trade data for September shows that its overall trade continues to slow down, but with variations by trading partner. Its trade with the U.S. continued to drop, an indication of further decoupling, while its trade with other partners, such as ASEAN, Russia and South Africa, is

With all eyes on China's 20th Party Congress last week, the future of its policy on trade, investment and the economy has been closely watched and analyzed. Here is a summary of a range of statements from former government officials and experts.

Chinese local governments are rolling out new measures to attract investments in semiconductors and high-tech. It remains to be seen whether these incentives will be successful in promoting domestic technology, which has experienced bottlenecks after being cut off from U.S. technology and equipment. Furthermore, a focus on local companies

China's customs agency recently released guidelines for imports of edible aquatic animals from Papua New Guinea (PNG), as China becomes one of the world’s largest importers and exporters of aquatic products.

Taiwan's trade officials said that while they are still working on finalizing the time and place of the first formal round of trade negotiations with the United States, bilateral talks "through every means" are happening at the same time, and that "early harvest lists"

Chinese President Xi's keynote address at the opening of the 20th Communist Party Congress touched on trade-related issues such as development, technology, supply chains, and the Belt and Road Initiative. While he mentioned "expanding institutional opening up," he also emphasized "self-reliance in high-level technology."

Taiwanese government officials and representatives of tech companies visited the United States last week to boost bilateral collaboration on 5G, semiconductors, and renewable energy. The Taiwanese government estimated that the trip would generate nearly 1 billion USD worth of R&D investment and new orders for Taiwanese businesses.