The WTO has posted China's consultations request that claims Türkiye's tariffs and other measures affecting imports of Chinese vehicles violate several WTO obligations.

One of the last products that had been subject to recently imposed Chinese restrictions on Australian exports has had its access restored, as Australian rock lobsters can be sold in China again.

On October 8, China's Ministry of Commerce announced provisional anti-dumping measures against EU brandy. This is part of an ongoing trade remedy tit-for-tat between China and the European Union.

The Chinese government announced that it has filed a WTO complaint against Turkish tariffs on imported vehicles, while the EU said it has filed a WTO complaint against Chinese anti-dumping duties on brandy. The official documents have not been circulated by the WTO yet.

The China Sanctions Database is now available on China Trade Monitor. The database will cover all sanctions announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law and by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) under the Export Control Law and the Provisions on the List of Unreliable

China's 2023 report on foreign direct investment (FDI) revealed that Chinese investment reached US$177.29 billion last year, with the majority going to Asian countries, while FDI in the EU and the U.S. dropped.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce made its first determinations involving transnational subsidies under new regulations that allow these subsidies to be countervailed, in four linked cases on solar products. These determinations could eventually lead to litigation in U.S. courts or at the WTO on this issue.