To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing released a White Paper earlier this week, highlighting some achievements of the BRI on trade, investment, and infrastructure connectivity. The White Paper came one week ahead of the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing.

U.S. medical device giant Boston Scientific announced this week that it is building its first China factory in Shanghai, as a local government official promised "a first-class commercial environment that is market-oriented, governed by law, and internationalized."

Over the past few years, a handful of Central American and Caribbean countries have switched their political allegiance from Taiwan to Mainland China. In all likelihood, these governments assume there will be financial benefits from forging diplomatic ties with China, including through more trade and investment with China. A study

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. Senate, led by Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), yesterday, where the two sides talked about cooperation and specific issues of concern.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that it will extend a trade barrier investigation against Taiwan's import bans for another three months.

Last Friday, the U.S. Commerce Department added 42 Chinese companies to the Entity List "for providing support to Russia’s military and/or defense industrial base." This came after it added 11 Chinese firms a week earlier.

In a recently posted research paper, three trade law experts offered a detailed examination of China’s strategies and policies related to critical minerals, both inward and outward, arguing that they are designed to address China's internal challenges to secure supplies while ensuring sustainable development, rather than being