Yesterday, officials at the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) held a roundtable discussion on semiconductor supply chains with European and Chinese companies and trade associations, emphasizing the importance of cooperation amidst China's new export control rules and indicating a potential relaxation of restrictions for EU-linked supply chains.

Chinese officials recently touted record-high trade with Africa last year and US$1.9 billion in new Chinese investment since last fall. With the 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo set to open next month, Beijing is continuing its strategic push for cooperation encompassing trade, industrial collaboration and emerging sectors.

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD announced that it will expand its investment in Hungary, putting its European headquarters and an R&D base there.

Data from China's Customs shows China's agricultural imports from the United States have more than halved in recent months, a dramatic decline that follows escalating tariff disputes between the world's two largest economies.

Beijing has further ratcheted up its rhetoric against a new U.S. policy to curb the use of Chinese advanced chips and explicitly threatened to invoke Chinese laws, including the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, in retaliation. While details of enforcement remain unclear on both sides, this direct policy clash is poised

China's Ministry of Commerce recently published the final ruling in its anti-dumping investigation on POM copolymers from the U.S., EU, Japan and Taiwan. The decision follows a year-long investigation and finds that these products have been dumped, with the reasoning focusing in particular on the "non-market

Barely a week after high-level trade talks in Geneva aimed at easing bilateral tensions, tensions over export controls have risen. China has sharply criticized new U.S. guidance tightening export controls on Chinese chips, and has initiated the mechanism created by the bilateral talks to address the issue. This could