China warned it will take "all necessary measures" to protect its firms after Washington enacted aggressive new secondary sanction legislation, as Vice Premier He Lifeng is leading a delegation to the United States for high-level economic negotiations.

This post was written with China Trade Monitor intern Neil Jiang. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at using advanced scientific testing to prevent Chinese tomato imports linked to forced labor from entering the U.S. market through intermediary countries.

China’s exports of rare earth products fell in July following a brief surge earlier this year, according to Chinese customs data, as ongoing export curbs and a pullback in overseas shipments weighed on overall volumes.

China is accelerating its efforts to negotiate long-term trade agreements across Africa, signing new framework and tariff agreements with Cabo Verde and Seychelles.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has strongly condemned recent comments by a senior U.S. intelligence official who identified Chinese technology companies as legitimate targets for American espionage, calling the stance a blunt display of "hegemony" and threatening countermeasures under its laws.

Trade between China and its fellow BRICS member nations posted a decade of continuous growth in 2025, driven by green technology exports, local currency settlements, and the expansion of the bloc, according to a new Chinese government report.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) rejected accusations by U.S. intelligence and security agencies that Chinese AI companies distill U.S. frontier models at an industrial scale, calling the claims groundless and threatening countermeasures if Washington uses the issue to suppress Chinese companies.