The spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Zhu Fenglian, said last week that her agency supports the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) investigation of Taiwanese trade barriers, with the potential result of the investigation being the suspension of preferential tariff treatment for some Taiwanese imports. In response

China's trade with Africa grew by 20 times over the past two decades, according to data released by the Chinese government. And over the weekend, 120 projects amounting to $10.3 billion in value were signed at the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo. In addition, sanitary and

Beijing announced today that it will resume imports of sugar apples from Taiwan. This is a mini-step toward the thawing of economic relations across the strait, although trade frictions over agricultural goods are broader and will require more time and effort to resolve.

In a letter sent last week, Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL), Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and 41 other members of Congress called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to urge the General Administration of Customs China (GACC) to engage with the U.S. Department of

China's Ministry of Commerce announced today that it will start a trade barrier investigation against Taiwan's long-standing import bans on over 2,000 items from China. This is the third trade barrier investigation that China has launched in its history, and the first case in the

China's Customs agency issued multiple notices recently to suspend poultry, pork and horse products from certain countries in the wake of animal diseases.

A new research note looks at the extent of Chinese and other foreign ownership of U.S. land. This issue has been controversial in the U.S. Congress and in state governments in recent months, with various proposals to restrict this investment.