The European Union's efforts to adopt a regulation on forced labor are progressing, as Parliament has moved the regulation forward, but finalizing the regulation could stretch into next year.

At Monday's meeting of the WTO Committee on Market Access, China and other governments raised concerns about a new Indian restriction on computers, tablets and other electronic products.

Over the past few days, there have been developments in two WTO disputes involving China: The EU complaint against alleged Chinese restrictions on trade with Lithuania; and the Australian complaint against Chinese wine tariffs.

In the U.S. federal court challenge to a U.S. government decision to include them on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, Chinese company Ninestar and its subsidiaries have now filed their reply to the U.S. brief that argued for dismissal of the case and

At yesterday's meeting of the WTO Committee on Market Access, Japan raised the issue of restrictions on imports of aquatic products imposed by China, Hong Kong, and Macao in response to Japan's recent discharge of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS)-treated water into the sea, following

In recent months, there have been reports and commentary about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) lawsuits by Huawei against the governments of both the United Kingdom and Portugal, as well as a lawsuit in domestic court against Portugal.

During a visit to China last week, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell met with his Chinese counterparts and offered a number of remarks on China-EU economic relations.