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 violates

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.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. China published the Provisions on Countering Unjust Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws, another piece of legislation in the growing network of China's sanctions and countermeasures to foreign actions. The new legislation creates a legal framework for addressing the extraterritorial application

Yesterday and today, top Trump administration trade officials weighed in on issues related to the the planned visit by President Trump to China, as well as various other China trade issues.