Beijing on Thursday sharpened its criticism of U.S. export controls and tariff actions that it says are disrupting global trade. It also reiterated its support for companies investing abroad while tightening oversight under the new outbound investment regulation.

Beijing has overhauled its outbound investment regime to enhance national security oversight and arm itself with stronger retaliatory legal tools. The updated regime also creates an explicit legal nexus between cross-border investments and existing data, export control, and technology transfer rules.

In a determination issued late last night, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) set tariff rates in its Section 301 investigation of whether 60 economies prohibit imports made with forced labor. China and Hong Kong were hit with 12.5% tariffs, while Taiwan got 10%. USTR will

Today, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) published a request for comments on the proposed U.S.-China Board of Trade, which has been talked about for several months and was agreed upon by Presidents Trump and Xi during their recent meeting in China. These comments could

Last week, Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs and China's Minister of Foreign Affairs, traveled to Canada to meet with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand.

Last week, the European Commission announced that it had opened an in-depth Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) investigation to assess the proposed acquisition by JD.com, Inc. of German firm CECONOMY AG.

Today, China's new rules governing the registration of foreign food manufacturers take effect, reflecting a regulatory overhaul that replaces a five-year-old framework with a dynamic, risk-based vetting system designed to streamline access for countries maintaining food safety cooperation with Beijing.