Last month, a Chinese Court issued its judgment in a high-profile trademark dispute, finding that a popular Chinese tea chain and associated franchisee network committed willful trademark infringement against French luxury brand Louis Vuitton Malletier ("LV").

On July 10, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued a joint announcement imposing an immediate, temporary export ban on helium to protect the domestic industry from severe global supply disruptions.

Trade data shows that China's exports of rare earths and rare earth products have softened in a relatively narrow band in recent months, showing that Beijing's controls continue to reshape trade flows without fully choking off global supply.

Top Chinese and Dutch trade officials met in Beijing on Tuesday to ease escalating technology tensions and signal progress toward resolving ongoing semiconductor and investment frictions.

Last week, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and its U.S. payment processor agreed to pay $600 million to settle U.S. government allegations that they let merchants use their platforms to smuggle illegal pharmaceuticals and pill presses into the United States.

China's market regulators have unveiled a draft overhaul of the E-Commerce Law, creating new legal mechanisms to retaliate against foreign governments and penalize overseas companies that harm Chinese commercial interests.

Following a burst of high-level diplomacy, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) offered comments on the new bilateral trade consultation mechanisms with the EU and Germany, an export-boosting campaign in the UK, and advancing two-way agricultural trade targets with the U.S.