Beijing is moving to overhaul how local governments issue financial support, announcing a new “negative-list” approach to curb improper subsidies and eliminate internal trade barriers.

In a determination last week, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) found that imports of active anode material have not "materially retarded the establishment of an industry in the United States," and therefore rejected the imposition of duties of over 15o%. This determination may indicate the difficulty

China's Ministry of Commerce issued a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration on Friday, accusing Washington of using "overcapacity" as a pretext to revive unilateral trade barriers that have been found inconsistent with World Trade Organization rules.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In its 2026 government work report, the Chinese government vowed to open wider to the outside world while doubling down on manufacturing and homegrown innovation. China's National People's Congress (NPC) meetings this week and Premier Li Qiang'

The Trump administration announced today that it was initiating Section 301 investigations of 60 economies, including China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, to determine "whether acts, policies, and practices of each of these economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods

China's National People's Congress (NPC) meetings this week and Premier Li Qiang's government work report both struck a careful balance between acknowledging systemic challenges and maintaining growth targets, a leading U.S. analyst said.

The Trump administration announced today that it was initiating Section 301 investigations on the acts, policies, and practices of various economies relating to "structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors." This issue has long been raised by the U.S. in the context of Chinese policies and