A new paper from a research center at Johns Hopkins University examines the controversy over Chinese lending for a Kenyan railway and the possible seizure of a Kenyan port, which has been put forward as an example of China's "debt trap diplomacy." The paper concludes as

China's Customs agency recently issued a notice to halt imports of cloven hoofed animals and related products from South Africa due to concerns over foot and mouth disease.

At a meeting of the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements on March 28, WTO members considered the free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mauritius, which those two countries had notified on January 7, 2021 and which entered into force on January 1, 2021. This is the

Recently, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the foreign ministers of Zambia, Algeria and Tanzania, with the meetings involving discussions of bilateral economic relations, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Ukraine.

A new paper by analysts at the Center for Global Development emphasizes the prominent role that lending from Chinese financial institutions plays in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In a ruling last week, the Court of Appeal of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region upheld a judge's decision that a contract dispute between a Dubai company and a Chinese company related to a Djibouti port should not be moved from the Hong

Previously, we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-gets-ready-for-meeting-with-african-officials-at-forum-on-china-africa-cooperation/] that the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC 8) was held this week in Dakar, Senegal. During the conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to provide some debt relief and engage more with African countries on health, poverty