The 62nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in Hangzhou, China last week, marking another step for China in global climate governance. It took place amidst an increasingly delicate balance between China's green leadership and dominance in many clean energy sectors.

An electric utility project described by China as being part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has led to international arbitration, as the Chinese company in charge of the project has sued the Laotian government for US$555 million.

Earlier this month, Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino announced his nation's decision to withdraw from China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The decision comes amidst mounting U.S. concerns over China's growing influence in Panama, particularly around the Panama Canal, a critical

At the WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting of October 28, 2024, for which the minutes were recently circulated, China raised concerns related to the EU's CVD investigation against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and Morocco brought up an EU investigation relating to "transnational subsidies"

A U.S. countervailing duty investigation on file folders from Cambodia is the latest trade remedy investigation to test out the new regulations allowing the Commerce Department to consider transnational subsidy programs as part of its assessment of foreign subsidies.

Officials of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) recently touted growing domestic consumption in 2024, in part due to the government's trade-in subsidy programs, and made additional announcements related to the operation of these programs in 2025.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Brazil culminated in a Joint Statement and 37 collaboration agreements spanning various sectors, including agriculture, industry, energy, mining, and finance. The visit also led to an agreement on aligning China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Brazil's