U.S. President-elect Trump's pick of Marco Rubio for Secretary of State has raised questions related to Rubio's sanction status in China, along with broader issues of how these sanctions would apply to sanctioned American government officials.

In a recent report, researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey developed a new model to assess how disruptions of critical mineral supplies may affect the U.S. economy. Using the model, they estimated that "there could be a $3.4 billion decrease in U.S. GDP if China

Yesterday, President-Elect Trump announced Jamieson Greer as his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative. Greer served as Chief of Staff for Trump's previous U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during Trump's first term, and is likely to continue the tough China trade policies of that period.

China's Ministry of Commerce has strongly criticized the recent U.S. sanctions imposed on Chinese firms linked to allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang, asserting that these measures constitute a violation of human rights.

At the meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body yesterday, the U.S. once again raised issues related to Hong Kong's National Security Law, and Hong Kong and China once again criticized the U.S. action as inappropriate.

Researchers at the China Institute at the University of Alberta have issued a report that assesses the economic impact of China joining the CPTPP, finding that there are significant benefits to Canada and other CPTPP parties from having China join.

Today, the European Commission formally requested consultations at the WTO over the provisional anti-dumping measures imposed by China on imports of EU brandy.