China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has launched its solicitation for public comments and industry questionnaires in its trade barrier investigations targeting the United States. Stakeholders have until April 30 to submit responses.

The European Commission announced today that following an investigation into distortive foreign subsidies, Chinese state-owned rolling stock manufacturer CRRC is no longer part of a railway bid in Portugal.

China has officially expanded its reform pilot projects to the northern frontier with the approval of the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ). The region will serve as a connectivity hub for the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor and a new cluster for emerging strategic sectors.

At a meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods in late November, for which the minutes were recently circulated, China raised a new concern with the EU's proposed steel tariff rate quota measure, and several previously raised measures were discussed as well.

In a potential escalation of regulatory friction, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has submitted a formal response to the European Commission's proposal to revise the Cybersecurity Act. Beijing argues that the EU’s pivot toward "non-technical risks'" is a veil for protectionism that

In a move to solidify one of Southeast Asia's most critical bilateral relationships, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese General Secretary To Lam met last week. The state visit between April 14 and 17 saw the signing of 32 bilateral cooperation documents.

Last week, the European Parliament's International Trade Committee held a meeting on trade and investment relations with China.