At a WTO Committee on Rules of Origin meeting, China presented its study of the utilization of tariff preferences by least developed countries (LDCs), and other WTO Members offered their reactions.

At the meeting of the WTO Working Party on State Trading Enterprises on October 20, 2023, for which the minutes were recently circulated, the U.S. and EU complained that China had provided insufficient information in its notification.

The China-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) upgrade has now been fully implemented, as a new New Zealand conservative government settles in and develops its own China economic relations policy.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * New sanctions * China-Nicaragua trade agreement * First court ruling on 5G FRAND rates * Anti-dumping investigation on EU brandy * Government comments on trade with Taiwan and U.S. export controls  In the U.S.: * Anti-dumping/countervailing duty investigations on

The European Commission has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of bulb flats – "niche steel products used in shipbuilding" – from China and Türkiye.

Last August, Mexico imposed a range of higher tariffs on imports from countries with whom Mexico does not have a free trade agreement (FTA), and China was the country most affected. While no public explanations have been offered by the Mexican government for the move as it relates to China,

At a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs press conference yesterday, a spokesperson was asked about U.S. export restrictions on semiconductors, and responded with criticism of U.S. "coercion" and "bullying."